#CCA22D#CCA22D

#CCA22D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.136 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA22D
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(44, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 4.40, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 62.46, 85.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0055 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.136 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2982, 38.8701, 7.9676)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA22D #2D57CC

analogous

#CC532D #CCA22D #A7CC2D

triadic

#CCA22D #2DCCA2 #A22DCC

tetradic

#CCA22D #2DCC53 #2D57CC #CC2DA7

square

#CCA22D #2DCC53 #2D57CC #CC2DA7

split-complementary

#CCA22D #2DA7CC #532DCC

monochromatic

#685217 #9A7A22 #CCA22D #DBB95B #E6CF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CCA22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#CCA22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA22D

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA22D	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.136 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd6f',
    500: '#cca22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca22d;
$custom-light: #e0bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.151,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73146,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA22D

secondary

#8599D0

accent

#6DE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA22D

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

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