#CCA03D#CCA03D

#CCA03D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA03D
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 6.20, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 56.01, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0125 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.125 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3172, 38.3185, 9.7920)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA03D #3D69CC

analogous

#CC583D #CCA03D #B1CC3D

triadic

#CCA03D #3DCCA0 #A03DCC

tetradic

#CCA03D #3DCC58 #3D69CC #CC3DB1

square

#CCA03D #3DCC58 #3D69CC #CC3DB1

split-complementary

#CCA03D #3DB1CC #583DCC

monochromatic

#71571E #A17D2A #CCA03D #D9B86D #E5CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CCA03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#CCA03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA03D

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA03D	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B3A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb78',
    500: '#cca03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca03d;
$custom-light: #e0bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA03D

secondary

#93A6D2

accent

#76E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA03D

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

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