#CCAA51#CCAA51

#CCAA51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA51
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 2.08, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 49.63, 87.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.08% 0.0031 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(75.08% 0.115 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7637, 42.1832, 13.7780)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA51 #5173CC

analogous

#CC6C51 #CCAA51 #B0CC51

triadic

#CCAA51 #51CCAA #AA51CC

tetradic

#CCAA51 #51CC6C #5173CC #CC51B0

square

#CCAA51 #51CC6C #5173CC #CC51B0

split-complementary

#CCAA51 #51B0CC #6C51CC

monochromatic

#7E6525 #AD8B33 #CCAA51 #DAC180 #E8D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CCAA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#CCAA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA51

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA51	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc385',
    500: '#ccaa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa51;
$custom-light: #dfc385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.415,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7508,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA51

secondary

#A3B1D6

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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