#CCA342#CCA342

#CCA342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA342
RGB	rgb(204, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 4.86, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 54.55, 84.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% 0.0092 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.123 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9846, 39.4276, 10.7102)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA342 #426BCC

analogous

#CC5E42 #CCA342 #B0CC42

triadic

#CCA342 #42CCA3 #A342CC

tetradic

#CCA342 #42CC5E #426BCC #CC42B0

square

#CCA342 #42CC5E #426BCC #CC42B0

split-complementary

#CCA342 #42B0CC #5E42CC

monochromatic

#745B1F #A4812C #CCA342 #D9BA72 #E6D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CCA342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#CCA342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA342

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA342	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe7b',
    500: '#cca342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca342;
$custom-light: #dfbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA342

secondary

#97A9D3

accent

#75E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA342

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

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