#CCAD66#CCAD66

#CCAD66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAD66
RGB	rgb(204, 173, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 50%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 2.19, 40.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 40.50, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% 0.0059 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.097 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2453, 43.6859, 18.7748)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAD66 #6685CC

analogous

#CC7A66 #CCAD66 #B8CC66

triadic

#CCAD66 #66CCAD #AD66CC

tetradic

#CCAD66 #66CC7A #6685CC #CC66B8

square

#CCAD66 #66CC7A #6685CC #CC66B8

split-complementary

#CCAD66 #66B8CC #7A66CC

monochromatic

#8A6E2E #B8923D #CCAD66 #DBC694 #EBDEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CCAD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CCAD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAD66

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAD66	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccad66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 173, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec593',
    500: '#ccad66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccad66;
$custom-light: #dec593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccad66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.765,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAD66

secondary

#B3BFDB

accent

#79DA4E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAD66

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

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