#CCA12D#CCA12D

#CCA12D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.135 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA12D
RGB	rgb(204, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, 4.94, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 62.27, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% 0.007 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.135 87)
XYZ	xyz(38.1228, 38.5192, 7.9092)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA12D #2D58CC

analogous

#CC522D #CCA12D #A8CC2D

triadic

#CCA12D #2DCCA1 #A12DCC

tetradic

#CCA12D #2DCC52 #2D58CC #CC2DA8

square

#CCA12D #2DCC52 #2D58CC #CC2DA8

split-complementary

#CCA12D #2DA8CC #522DCC

monochromatic

#685217 #9A7922 #CCA12D #DBB85B #E6CE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CCA12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#CCA12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA12D

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA12D	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.135 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bc6f',
    500: '#cca12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca12d;
$custom-light: #e0bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.774,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.38517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA12D

secondary

#8599D0

accent

#6EE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA12D

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

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