#CCA03B#CCA03B

#CCA03B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA03B
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, 6.09, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 56.82, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0119 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.127 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.2644, 38.2974, 9.5136)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA03B #3B67CC

analogous

#CC583B #CCA03B #B0CC3B

triadic

#CCA03B #3BCCA0 #A03BCC

tetradic

#CCA03B #3BCC58 #3B67CC #CC3BB0

square

#CCA03B #3BCC58 #3B67CC #CC3BB0

split-complementary

#CCA03B #3BB0CC #583BCC

monochromatic

#70571D #A07C2A #CCA03B #D9B86C #E5CF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CCA03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CCA03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA03B

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA03B	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb77',
    500: '#cca03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca03b;
$custom-light: #e0bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA03B

secondary

#92A5D1

accent

#75E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA03B

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

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