Information about #CCAD24 color

#CCAD24 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CCAD24 falls into the Yellow Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(204, 173, 36) — 80% red, 67.8% green, 14.1% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 12 / 66 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #CCAD24 reads as a strongly colored sunny yellow and carries an easy, daylight feel. Expect to see shades like this in logos, highlights and anything that needs to be noticed first. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Funk (#C6AA24). Slightly further away sit Vintage Yellow (#CBA92B) and Marginalia Ochre (#C9A227).

The recipe behind #CCAD24 is rgb(204, 173, 36), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 9.6:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 2.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #CCAD24 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#CCAD24 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CCAD24 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CCAD24

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Funk color link
Funk

#C6AA24

Galliano color link
Galliano

#D8A723

Lemon Curry color link
Lemon Curry

#CCA01D

Greenfinch color link
Greenfinch

#BDA928

Goldenrod color link
Goldenrod

#DAA520

Warm Gold color link
Warm Gold

#DAA428

Cookie Brown color link
Cookie Brown

#C7A317

Sundial color link
Sundial

#DDB12C

Orange Gold color link
Orange Gold

#D4A017

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CCAD24
  • RGB204, 173, 36
  • CMYK0, 12, 66, 20
  • CSSrgb(204, 173, 36)
  • HSL49°, 70%, 47%
  • HSL Precise48.929°, 70%, 47.059%
  • HSV49°, 82%, 80%
  • HSB49°, 82%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.800
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.678
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.141
  • GLSLvec3(0.800, 0.678, 0.141)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.800, 0.678, 0.141, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.800, 0.678, 0.141)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB80%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB67.8%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB14.1%
  • Color FamilyYellow
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCCAD24
  • DECIMAL ID13413668
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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  • Counting from2025-01-01