#CCAE56#CCAE56

#CCAE56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.113 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE56
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 0.32, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 48.45, 89.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0014 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.113 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7194, 43.7835, 15.0559)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE56 #5674CC

analogous

#CC7356 #CCAE56 #AFCC56

triadic

#CCAE56 #56CCAE #AE56CC

tetradic

#CCAE56 #56CC73 #5674CC #CC56AF

square

#CCAE56 #56CC73 #5674CC #CC56AF

split-complementary

#CCAE56 #56AFCC #7356CC

monochromatic

#816A27 #B09135 #CCAE56 #DAC585 #E8DBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CCAE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE56

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE56	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.113 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec588',
    500: '#ccae56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae56;
$custom-light: #dec588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.746,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75954,
    "c": 0.113,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE56

secondary

#A7B3D7

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE56

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

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