#CCA040#CCA040

#CCA040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA040
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, 6.36, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 54.76, 83.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% 0.0133 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.123 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4003, 38.3517, 10.2296)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA040 #406CCC

analogous

#CC5A40 #CCA040 #B2CC40

triadic

#CCA040 #40CCA0 #A040CC

tetradic

#CCA040 #40CC5A #406CCC #CC40B2

square

#CCA040 #40CC5A #406CCC #CC40B2

split-complementary

#CCA040 #40B2CC #5A40CC

monochromatic

#73581F #A37E2C #CCA040 #D9B870 #E6D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CCA040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#CCA040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA040

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA040	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)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb7a',
    500: '#cca040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca040;
$custom-light: #e0bb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72891,
    "c": 0.12327,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA040

secondary

#95A9D2

accent

#77E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA040

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

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