#CCA23F#CCA23F

#CCA23F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.125 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA23F
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 69.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, 5.23, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 55.59, 84.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0099 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.125 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7216, 39.0395, 10.1976)
Luminance	0.3904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA23F #3F69CC

analogous

#CC5C3F #CCA23F #AFCC3F

triadic

#CCA23F #3FCCA2 #A23FCC

tetradic

#CCA23F #3FCC5C #3F69CC #CC3FAF

square

#CCA23F #3FCC5C #3F69CC #CC3FAF

split-complementary

#CCA23F #3FAFCC #5C3FCC

monochromatic

#72591E #A37F2B #CCA23F #D9B96F #E6D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CCA23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CCA23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA23F

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA23F	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)

#B5A133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.125 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bd79',
    500: '#cca23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca23f;
$custom-light: #e0bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA23F

secondary

#95A7D2

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA23F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →