#CCA23B#CCA23B

#CCA23B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.128 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA23B
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 5.02, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 57.23, 84.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0088 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.128 86)
XYZ	xyz(38.6139, 38.9964, 9.6301)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA23B #3B65CC

analogous

#CC5A3B #CCA23B #ADCC3B

triadic

#CCA23B #3BCCA2 #A23BCC

tetradic

#CCA23B #3BCC5A #3B65CC #CC3BAD

square

#CCA23B #3BCC5A #3B65CC #CC3BAD

split-complementary

#CCA23B #3BADCC #5A3BCC

monochromatic

#70581D #A07E2A #CCA23B #D9B96C #E5D09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CCA23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#CCA23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA23B

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA23B	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.128 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd77',
    500: '#cca23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca23b;
$custom-light: #e0bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73247,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.38994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA23B

secondary

#92A4D1

accent

#73E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA23B

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

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