#CCA234#CCA234

#CCA234 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.132 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA234
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.70, 4.69, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.70, 59.95, 85.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0071 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.132 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4443, 38.9286, 8.7372)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA234 #345ECC

analogous

#CC5634 #CCA234 #AACC34

triadic

#CCA234 #34CCA2 #A234CC

tetradic

#CCA234 #34CC56 #345ECC #CC34AA

square

#CCA234 #34CC56 #345ECC #CC34AA

split-complementary

#CCA234 #34AACC #5634CC

monochromatic

#6B551B #9C7B27 #CCA234 #D8B865 #E5CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CCA234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#CCA234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA234

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA234	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.132 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd73',
    500: '#cca234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca234;
$custom-light: #e0bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.421,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA234

secondary

#8C9FD0

accent

#71E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA234

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

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