#CCA038#CCA038

#CCA038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.129 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA038
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, 5.95, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 58.02, 84.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% 0.0111 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.129 85)
XYZ	xyz(38.1888, 38.2671, 9.1155)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA038 #3864CC

analogous

#CC5638 #CCA038 #AECC38

triadic

#CCA038 #38CCA0 #A038CC

tetradic

#CCA038 #38CC56 #3864CC #CC38AE

square

#CCA038 #38CC56 #3864CC #CC38AE

split-complementary

#CCA038 #38AECC #5638CC

monochromatic

#6E551C #9E7B29 #CCA038 #D8B769 #E5CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CCA038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#CCA038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA038

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA038	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)

#B4A029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.129 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb75',
    500: '#cca038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca038;
$custom-light: #e0bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72822,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.38265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA038

secondary

#8FA3D1

accent

#74E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA038

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

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