#CCA036#CCA036

#CCA036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.130 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA036
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.20, 5.85, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.20, 58.79, 84.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0106 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.13 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1408, 38.2480, 8.8630)
Luminance	0.3825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA036 #3662CC

analogous

#CC5536 #CCA036 #ADCC36

triadic

#CCA036 #36CCA0 #A036CC

tetradic

#CCA036 #36CC55 #3662CC #CC36AD

square

#CCA036 #36CC55 #3662CC #CC36AD

split-complementary

#CCA036 #36ADCC #5536CC

monochromatic

#6C541B #9D7B28 #CCA036 #D8B767 #E5CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CCA036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CCA036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA036

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA036	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.130 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb74',
    500: '#cca036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca036;
$custom-light: #e0bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA036

secondary

#8EA1D0

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA036

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

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