#CCA240#CCA240

#CCA240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.124 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA240
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, 5.28, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 55.18, 84.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0102 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.124 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7498, 39.0507, 10.3461)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA240 #406ACC

analogous

#CC5C40 #CCA240 #B0CC40

triadic

#CCA240 #40CCA2 #A240CC

tetradic

#CCA240 #40CC5C #406ACC #CC40B0

square

#CCA240 #40CC5C #406ACC #CC40B0

split-complementary

#CCA240 #40B0CC #5C40CC

monochromatic

#735A1F #A37F2C #CCA240 #D9BA70 #E6D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CCA240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CCA240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA240

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA240	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)

#B5A134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.124 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd7a',
    500: '#cca240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca240;
$custom-light: #dfbd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73291,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA240

secondary

#95A8D2

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA240

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

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