#CCA149#CCA149

#CCA149 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.117 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA149
RGB	rgb(204, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.61, 6.36, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.61, 51.07, 82.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0145 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.117 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8514, 38.8107, 11.7469)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA149 #4974CC

analogous

#CC6049 #CCA149 #B6CC49

triadic

#CCA149 #49CCA1 #A149CC

tetradic

#CCA149 #49CC60 #4974CC #CC49B6

square

#CCA149 #49CC60 #4974CC #CC49B6

split-complementary

#CCA149 #49B6CC #6049CC

monochromatic

#795C22 #A9812F #CCA149 #D9BA79 #E7D2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#CCA149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#CCA149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA149

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA149	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.117 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbc7f',
    500: '#cca149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca149;
$custom-light: #dfbc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7318,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA149

secondary

#9DAFD4

accent

#7AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA149

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

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