#CCA23E#CCA23E

#CCA23E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.126 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA23E
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, 5.18, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 56.01, 84.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% 0.0097 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.126 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6939, 39.0284, 10.0517)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA23E #3E68CC

analogous

#CC5B3E #CCA23E #AFCC3E

triadic

#CCA23E #3ECCA2 #A23ECC

tetradic

#CCA23E #3ECC5B #3E68CC #CC3EAF

square

#CCA23E #3ECC5B #3E68CC #CC3EAF

split-complementary

#CCA23E #3EAFCC #5B3ECC

monochromatic

#72591E #A27F2B #CCA23E #D9B96E #E6D19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CCA23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CCA23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA23E

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA23E	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.126 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd79',
    500: '#cca23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca23e;
$custom-light: #e0bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73273,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA23E

secondary

#94A6D2

accent

#74E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA23E

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

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