#CCAE61#CCAE61

#CCAE61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.103 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE61
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 97)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(43, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 1.21, 43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 43.22, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% 0.0025 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.103 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1972, 43.9746, 17.5722)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE61 #617FCC

analogous

#CC7961 #CCAE61 #B4CC61

triadic

#CCAE61 #61CCAE #AE61CC

tetradic

#CCAE61 #61CC79 #617FCC #CC61B4

square

#CCAE61 #61CC79 #617FCC #CC61B4

split-complementary

#CCAE61 #61B4CC #7961CC

monochromatic

#876D2C #B5933B #CCAE61 #DBC68F #EADDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CCAE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CCAE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE61

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE61	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.103 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec68f',
    500: '#ccae61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae61;
$custom-light: #dec68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.178,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76096,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE61

secondary

#AFBBD9

accent

#75DB4D

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE61

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

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