#ccac28

Color #ccac28

A moderately saturated medium yellow.

Closest named color Goldenrod #daa520 · ΔE 9.95 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-500 #f0b100 · ΔE 8.4

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Conversions

HEX

#ccac28

RGB

rgb(204, 172, 40)

HSL

hsl(48.3, 67.2%, 47.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(48.3, 80.4%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 80.4%, 20%)

LAB

lab(71.21, -1.1, 66.25)

LCH

lch(71.21, 66.26, 90.95)

OKLCH

oklch(75.1%, 0.1435, 94.28)

HWB

hwb(48.3, 15.7%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#2848cc

Analogous

#cc5a28

#ccac28

#9acc28

Triadic

#ccac28

#28ccac

#ac28cc

Split-complementary

#ccac28

#289acc

#5a28cc

Tetradic

#ccac28

#48cc28

#2848cc

#ac28cc

Square

#ccac28

#28cc5a

#2848cc

#cc289a

Shades

Color #ccac28 mixed toward black.

#aa8f21

#88731b

#665614

#44390d

#221d07

Tints

Color #ccac28 mixed toward white.

#dbbe46

#e2cb6b

#e9d890

#f0e5b5

#f8f2da

Tones

Color #ccac28 mixed toward gray.

#bea436

#b09b43

#a39351

#958b5f

#88826c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.21:1

Aa Black text on this color

9.5:1

Black text reads better on this background (9.5:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#bfbf60 · ΔE 10.7

Deuteranopia

#c1c368 · ΔE 11.8

Tritanopia

#cb797e · ΔE 40.4

Achromatopsia

#aeaeae · ΔE 26.6

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Code

CSS

background-color: #ccac28;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#ccac28]

Related colors

Cornsilk #fff8dc

Gold #ffd700

Goldenrod #daa520

Dark Goldenrod #b8860b

Khaki #f0e68c

Lemon Chiffon #fffacd

Frequently asked questions

#ccac28 (#ccac28) is rgb(204, 172, 40) in RGB.

No, #ccac28 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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