#CCA23D#CCA23D

#CCA23D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.126 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA23D
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 61)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 5.12, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 56.42, 84.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% 0.0094 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.126 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.6667, 39.0175, 9.9085)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA23D #3D67CC

analogous

#CC5B3D #CCA23D #AECC3D

triadic

#CCA23D #3DCCA2 #A23DCC

tetradic

#CCA23D #3DCC5B #3D67CC #CC3DAE

square

#CCA23D #3DCC5B #3D67CC #CC3DAE

split-complementary

#CCA23D #3DAECC #5B3DCC

monochromatic

#71581E #A17E2A #CCA23D #D9B96D #E5D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#CCA23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#CCA23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA23D

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA23D	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)

#B5A130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.126 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd78',
    500: '#cca23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca23d;
$custom-light: #e0bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73264,
    "c": 0.12618,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA23D

secondary

#93A5D2

accent

#74E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA23D

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

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