#CCAE57#CCAE57

#CCAE57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE57
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 0.39, 47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 47.98, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0011 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.112 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7600, 43.7997, 15.2696)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE57 #5775CC

analogous

#CC7357 #CCAE57 #B0CC57

triadic

#CCAE57 #57CCAE #AE57CC

tetradic

#CCAE57 #57CC73 #5775CC #CC57B0

square

#CCAE57 #57CC73 #5775CC #CC57B0

split-complementary

#CCAE57 #57B0CC #7357CC

monochromatic

#816A27 #B09136 #CCAE57 #DAC586 #E9DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CCAE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE57

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE57	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)

#BFAC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec589',
    500: '#ccae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae57;
$custom-light: #dec589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE57

secondary

#A8B4D7

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE57

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

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