#CCAE68#CCAE68

#CCAE68 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.096 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE68
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 104)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 49%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, 1.84, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 39.81, 87.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0051 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.096 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.5381, 44.1110, 19.3677)
Luminance	0.4411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE68 #6886CC

analogous

#CC7C68 #CCAE68 #B8CC68

triadic

#CCAE68 #68CCAE #AE68CC

tetradic

#CCAE68 #68CC7C #6886CC #CC68B8

square

#CCAE68 #68CC7C #6886CC #CC68B8

split-complementary

#CCAE68 #68B8CC #7C68CC

monochromatic

#8B6F2F #B8943E #CCAE68 #DBC796 #EBDFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CCAE68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CCAE68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE68

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE68	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAD62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.096 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc694',
    500: '#ccae68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae68;
$custom-light: #ddc694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 49.505,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76198,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE68

secondary

#B5C0DB

accent

#55BD29

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE68

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

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