#CCAA59#CCAA59

#CCAA59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.108 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAA59
RGB	rgb(204, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 2.68, 45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 45.90, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% 0.0058 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.108 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0816, 42.3103, 15.4521)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAA59 #597BCC

analogous

#CC7159 #CCAA59 #B4CC59

triadic

#CCAA59 #59CCAA #AA59CC

tetradic

#CCAA59 #59CC71 #597BCC #CC59B4

square

#CCAA59 #59CC71 #597BCC #CC59B4

split-complementary

#CCAA59 #59B4CC #7159CC

monochromatic

#836828 #B18D36 #CCAA59 #DAC288 #E9DAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CCAA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#CCAA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAA59

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAA59	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB9E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccaa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.108 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec38a',
    500: '#ccaa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccaa59;
$custom-light: #dec38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccaa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.261,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75177,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAA59

secondary

#A9B7D8

accent

#76DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF7F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAA59

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

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