#CCAE66#CCAE66

#CCAE66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.098 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE66
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 50%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, 1.66, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 40.79, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% 0.0043 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.098 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4377, 44.0708, 18.8390)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE66 #6684CC

analogous

#CC7B66 #CCAE66 #B7CC66

triadic

#CCAE66 #66CCAE #AE66CC

tetradic

#CCAE66 #66CC7B #6684CC #CC66B7

square

#CCAE66 #66CC7B #6684CC #CC66B7

split-complementary

#CCAE66 #66B7CC #7B66CC

monochromatic

#8A6F2E #B8943D #CCAE66 #DBC694 #EBDFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CCAE66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#CCAE66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE66

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE66	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)

#BDAC60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.098 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec693',
    500: '#ccae66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae66;
$custom-light: #dec693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76168,
    "c": 0.09775,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE66

secondary

#B3BFDB

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE66

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

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