#CCAE55#CCAE55

#CCAE55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.114 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE55
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, 0.24, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 48.91, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0018 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.114 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6794, 43.7675, 14.8452)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE55 #5573CC

analogous

#CC7355 #CCAE55 #AFCC55

triadic

#CCAE55 #55CCAE #AE55CC

tetradic

#CCAE55 #55CC73 #5573CC #CC55AF

square

#CCAE55 #55CC73 #5573CC #CC55AF

split-complementary

#CCAE55 #55AFCC #7355CC

monochromatic

#806A26 #AF9035 #CCAE55 #DAC484 #E8DBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CCAE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE55

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE55	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.114 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec588',
    500: '#ccae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae55;
$custom-light: #dec588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75942,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE55

secondary

#A6B2D7

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE55

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

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