#CCA236#CCA236

#CCA236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA236
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, 4.78, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 59.19, 85.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% 0.0075 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.131 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4903, 38.9470, 8.9795)
Luminance	0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA236 #3660CC

analogous

#CC5736 #CCA236 #ABCC36

triadic

#CCA236 #36CCA2 #A236CC

tetradic

#CCA236 #36CC57 #3660CC #CC36AB

square

#CCA236 #36CC57 #3660CC #CC36AB

split-complementary

#CCA236 #36ABCC #5736CC

monochromatic

#6C561B #9D7C28 #CCA236 #D8B967 #E5CF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CCA236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#CCA236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA236

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA236	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)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd74',
    500: '#cca236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca236;
$custom-light: #e0bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73208,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA236

secondary

#8EA0D0

accent

#71E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA236

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

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