#CCA037#CCA037

#CCA037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA037
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 5.90, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 58.41, 84.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0109 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.129 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1646, 38.2574, 8.9880)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA037 #3763CC

analogous

#CC5537 #CCA037 #ADCC37

triadic

#CCA037 #37CCA0 #A037CC

tetradic

#CCA037 #37CC55 #3763CC #CC37AD

square

#CCA037 #37CC55 #3763CC #CC37AD

split-complementary

#CCA037 #37ADCC #5537CC

monochromatic

#6D551C #9E7B28 #CCA037 #D8B768 #E5CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CCA037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CCA037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA037

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA037	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)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb74',
    500: '#cca037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca037;
$custom-light: #e0bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.12924,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA037

secondary

#8EA2D0

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA037

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

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