#CCA042#CCA042

#CCA042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA042
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, 6.47, 53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 53.91, 83.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0139 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.122 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4582, 38.3749, 10.5347)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA042 #426ECC

analogous

#CC5B42 #CCA042 #B3CC42

triadic

#CCA042 #42CCA0 #A042CC

tetradic

#CCA042 #42CC5B #426ECC #CC42B3

square

#CCA042 #42CC5B #426ECC #CC42B3

split-complementary

#CCA042 #42B3CC #5B42CC

monochromatic

#74591F #A47E2C #CCA042 #D9B872 #E6D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CCA042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#CCA042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA042

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA042	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)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7b',
    500: '#cca042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca042;
$custom-light: #dfbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7291,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA042

secondary

#97AAD3

accent

#78E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA042

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

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