#CCA255#CCA255

#CCA255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.107 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA255
RGB	rgb(204, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(39, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.99, 6.66, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.99, 45.83, 81.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% 0.0169 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.107 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.4638, 39.3364, 14.1066)
Luminance	0.3933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA255 #557FCC

analogous

#CC6755 #CCA255 #BACC55

triadic

#CCA255 #55CCA2 #A255CC

tetradic

#CCA255 #55CC67 #557FCC #CC55BA

square

#CCA255 #55CC67 #557FCC #CC55BA

split-complementary

#CCA255 #55BACC #6755CC

monochromatic

#806026 #AF8435 #CCA255 #DABC84 #E8D6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#CCA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#CCA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA255

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA255	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.107 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbd87',
    500: '#cca255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca255;
$custom-light: #dfbd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73519,
    "c": 0.10749,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA255

secondary

#A6B7D7

accent

#7EDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA255

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

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