#CCA235#CCA235

#CCA235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA235
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 53)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 4.73, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 59.58, 85.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0073 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.131 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.4671, 38.9377, 8.8571)
Luminance	0.3893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA235 #355FCC

analogous

#CC5635 #CCA235 #ABCC35

triadic

#CCA235 #35CCA2 #A235CC

tetradic

#CCA235 #35CC56 #355FCC #CC35AB

square

#CCA235 #35CC56 #355FCC #CC35AB

split-complementary

#CCA235 #35ABCC #5635CC

monochromatic

#6B551B #9C7C27 #CCA235 #D8B866 #E5CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CCA235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#CCA235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA235

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA235	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)

#B6A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd73',
    500: '#cca235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca235;
$custom-light: #e0bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.311,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.732,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA235

secondary

#8D9FD0

accent

#71E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA235

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

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