#CCAE5E#CCAE5E

#CCAE5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.106 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE5E
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 94)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 53.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 0.96, 44.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 44.66, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0014 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.106 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0600, 43.9197, 16.8494)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE5E #5E7CCC

analogous

#CC775E #CCAE5E #B3CC5E

triadic

#CCAE5E #5ECCAE #AE5ECC

tetradic

#CCAE5E #5ECC77 #5E7CCC #CC5EB3

square

#CCAE5E #5ECC77 #5E7CCC #CC5EB3

split-complementary

#CCAE5E #5EB3CC #775ECC

monochromatic

#856D2A #B49239 #CCAE5E #DBC58C #E9DDBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CCAE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CCAE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE5E

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE5E	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.106 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec58d',
    500: '#ccae5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae5e;
$custom-light: #dec58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 51.887,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76055,
    "c": 0.10558,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE5E

secondary

#ADB9D9

accent

#73DB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE5E

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

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