#CCA137#CCA137

#CCA137 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA137
RGB	rgb(204, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 5.36, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 58.60, 84.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0093 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3386, 38.6055, 9.0460)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA137 #3762CC

analogous

#CC5637 #CCA137 #ACCC37

triadic

#CCA137 #37CCA1 #A137CC

tetradic

#CCA137 #37CC56 #3762CC #CC37AC

square

#CCA137 #37CC56 #3762CC #CC37AC

split-complementary

#CCA137 #37ACCC #5637CC

monochromatic

#6D551C #9E7C28 #CCA137 #D8B868 #E5CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CCA137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#CCA137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA137

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA137	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bc74',
    500: '#cca137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca137;
$custom-light: #e0bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.685,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73015,
    "c": 0.12966,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA137

secondary

#8EA1D0

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA137

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

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