#CCAE59#CCAE59

#CCAE59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.110 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE59
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 0.55, 47.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 47.04, 89.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0004 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.11 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8428, 43.8329, 15.7059)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE59 #5977CC

analogous

#CC7559 #CCAE59 #B0CC59

triadic

#CCAE59 #59CCAE #AE59CC

tetradic

#CCAE59 #59CC75 #5977CC #CC59B0

square

#CCAE59 #59CC75 #5977CC #CC59B0

split-complementary

#CCAE59 #59B0CC #7559CC

monochromatic

#836B28 #B19136 #CCAE59 #DAC588 #E9DCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CCAE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE59

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE59	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.110 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec58a',
    500: '#ccae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae59;
$custom-light: #dec58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.348,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75991,
    "c": 0.11027,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE59

secondary

#A9B5D8

accent

#71DC4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#84817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE59

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

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