#CCA048#CCA048

#CCA048 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA048
RGB	rgb(204, 160, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 6.83, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 51.31, 82.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0157 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.117 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6445, 38.4494, 11.5157)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA048 #4874CC

analogous

#CC5E48 #CCA048 #B6CC48

triadic

#CCA048 #48CCA0 #A048CC

tetradic

#CCA048 #48CC5E #4874CC #CC48B6

square

#CCA048 #48CC5E #4874CC #CC48B6

split-complementary

#CCA048 #48B6CC #5E48CC

monochromatic

#785B21 #A8802F #CCA048 #D9B978 #E7D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CCA048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CCA048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA048

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA048	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 160, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7e',
    500: '#cca048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca048;
$custom-light: #dfbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7297,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA048

secondary

#9CAFD4

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA048

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

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