#CCA03E#CCA03E

#CCA03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA03E
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 6.25, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 55.59, 83.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0128 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.125 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3444, 38.3294, 9.9352)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA03E #3E6ACC

analogous

#CC593E #CCA03E #B1CC3E

triadic

#CCA03E #3ECCA0 #A03ECC

tetradic

#CCA03E #3ECC59 #3E6ACC #CC3EB1

square

#CCA03E #3ECC59 #3E6ACC #CC3EB1

split-complementary

#CCA03E #3EB1CC #593ECC

monochromatic

#72581E #A27D2B #CCA03E #D9B86E #E6D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CCA03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#CCA03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA03E

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA03E	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb78',
    500: '#cca03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca03e;
$custom-light: #e0bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.408,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA03E

secondary

#94A7D2

accent

#76E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA03E

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

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