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#CCCAAE — Light Dusty Yellow

#CCCAAE is a yellow color we call Light Dusty Yellow, closest to the named color Silver (#C0C0C0). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: silver (#C0C0C0) — not an exact match. CSS silver gives you #C0C0C0, a different color; use #CCCAAE when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#CCCAAE is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #ADAFCC; it also sits naturally between #CCBBAD and #BFCCAD. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#CCCAAE · RGB 204, 202, 174

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Color values

HEX#CCCAAE
RGB204, 202, 174
HSL56°, 23%, 74%
HSV56°, 15%, 80%
CMYK0%, 1%, 15%, 20%
XYZ53.66, 58.13, 48.44
Yxy58.13, 0.3349, 0.3628
CIE-Lab80.81, -4.05, 14.24
Hunter Lab76.25, -3.79, 12.00

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 80% · Green 79% · Blue 68%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 15% · Key 20%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #CCCAAE on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #CCCAAE on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #CCCAAE

.text { color: #CCCAAE; }
.background { background-color: #CCCAAE; }
.border { border: 3px solid #CCCAAE; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(204, 202, 174); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(56, 23%, 74%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #CCCAAE; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(204, 202, 174, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #CCCAAE; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(204, 202, 174, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#CCCAAE">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#CCCAAE">Div content here</div>

Shades of #CCCAAE

#BEBC97#B0AD82#A39F6C#908D5A#7A774D#64623F#4E4C31#383723#232216#0D0C08

Tints of #CCCAAE

#D0CEB4#D4D2BA#DAD8C3#DEDCCA#E2E0D0#E5E4D6#E9E9DC#EFEFE6#F3F3EC#F7F7F2

Tones of #CCCAAE

#CAC8AF#C7C6B2#C5C4B4#C3C2B6#C1C1B8#BFBEBB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #ADAFCC:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.66:1 Fails
Against black text12.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #CCCAAE: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #CCCAAE

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #CCCAAE: ·

How #CCCAAE looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #CBCBB5Deuteranopia · #CBCBB6Tritanopia · #CCBABB

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EBootstrap light · #F8F9FAMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #CCCAAE rather than the exact color:

Palette 7f2020
#7F2020 · #869B7E · #C9CAAC · #F6F3EB
Palette F1efef
#F1EFEF · #CCC8AA · #7D7C7C · #191717
Ruby Mirage
#EBE2CC · #DED6C1 · #CFC6B1 · #B7B09E
Palette C2ded1
#C2DED1 · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #354259
Palette C2dedc
#C2DEDC · #ECE5C7 · #CDC2AE · #116A7B
Palette 442727
#442727 · #EAE7D9 · #D2C6B2 · #937D14

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#C9CAAC#CCC8AA#CFC6B1#CDC2AE#D2C6B2#D2C4B4#D6C7AE#CCD5AE#C7CFB7#CDC2A5#D6CFB4#CBD2A4

Browse neighbouring colors

← #CCCAAD  ·  #CCCAAF →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #CCCAAE?

#CCCAAE is Light Dusty Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 204, 202, 174). Its closest standard named color is Silver.

What is the RGB and HSL of #CCCAAE?

#CCCAAE is RGB 204, 202, 174 — HSL 56°, 23%, 74% — CMYK 0%, 1%, 15%, 20%.

What colors go with #CCCAAE?

Its complement is #ADAFCC; analogous partners are #CCBBAD and #BFCCAD. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #CCCAAE for text?

Black text on #CCCAAE has a contrast ratio of 12.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.66:1.