#CCA237#CCA237

#CCA237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.130 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA237
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 4.83, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 58.81, 85.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% 0.0078 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.13 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.5141, 38.9564, 9.1045)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA237 #3761CC

analogous

#CC5737 #CCA237 #ACCC37

triadic

#CCA237 #37CCA2 #A237CC

tetradic

#CCA237 #37CC57 #3761CC #CC37AC

square

#CCA237 #37CC57 #3761CC #CC37AC

split-complementary

#CCA237 #37ACCC #5737CC

monochromatic

#6D561C #9E7D28 #CCA237 #D8B968 #E5CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CCA237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#CCA237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA237

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA237	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)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.130 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd75',
    500: '#cca237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca237;
$custom-light: #e0bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.087,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73215,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA237

secondary

#8EA1D0

accent

#72E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA237

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

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