#CCAE65#CCAE65

#CCAE65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.099 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE65
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 101)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 50.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.26, 1.57, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.26, 41.28, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.004 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.099 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3884, 44.0511, 18.5794)
Luminance	0.4405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE65 #6583CC

analogous

#CC7A65 #CCAE65 #B7CC65

triadic

#CCAE65 #65CCAE #AE65CC

tetradic

#CCAE65 #65CC7A #6583CC #CC65B7

square

#CCAE65 #65CC7A #6583CC #CC65B7

split-complementary

#CCAE65 #65B7CC #7A65CC

monochromatic

#896E2D #B7933D #CCAE65 #DBC693 #EADEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CCAE65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CCAE65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE65

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE65	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAC5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.099 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec692',
    500: '#ccae65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae65;
$custom-light: #dec692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.524,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76153,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE65

secondary

#B2BEDA

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE65

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

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