#CCA242#CCA242

#CCA242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.123 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA242
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 5.40, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 54.33, 84.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% 0.0108 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.123 85)
XYZ	xyz(38.8077, 39.0739, 10.6512)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA242 #426CCC

analogous

#CC5D42 #CCA242 #B1CC42

triadic

#CCA242 #42CCA2 #A242CC

tetradic

#CCA242 #42CC5D #426CCC #CC42B1

square

#CCA242 #42CC5D #426CCC #CC42B1

split-complementary

#CCA242 #42B1CC #5D42CC

monochromatic

#745A1F #A4802C #CCA242 #D9BA72 #E6D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#CCA242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#CCA242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA242

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA242	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)

#B5A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.123 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd7b',
    500: '#cca242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca242;
$custom-light: #dfbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7331,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.39071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA242

secondary

#97A9D3

accent

#76E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA242

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

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