#CCAE79#CCAE79

#CCAE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.078 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCAE79
RGB	rgb(204, 174, 121)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, 3.58, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 31.44, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.0118 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.078 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4903, 44.4918, 24.3824)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCAE79 #7997CC

analogous

#CC8479 #CCAE79 #C0CC79

triadic

#CCAE79 #79CCAE #AE79CC

tetradic

#CCAE79 #79CC84 #7997CC #CC79C0

square

#CCAE79 #79CC84 #7997CC #CC79C0

split-complementary

#CCAE79 #79C0CC #8479CC

monochromatic

#937238 #BB934D #CCAE79 #DDC9A5 #EEE4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CCAE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#CCAE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCAE79

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCAE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCAE79	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAE75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B57A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ccae79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 174, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.078 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc6a0',
    500: '#ccae79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ccae79;
$custom-light: #ddc6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ccae79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.313,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76479,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCAE79

secondary

#C2CCDF

accent

#60B82D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130F

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCAE79

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

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