#CCA42D#CCA42D

#CCA42D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA42D
RGB	rgb(204, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 3.33, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 62.87, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% 0.0024 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.137 89)
XYZ	xyz(38.6533, 39.5803, 8.0860)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA42D #2D55CC

analogous

#CC552D #CCA42D #A5CC2D

triadic

#CCA42D #2DCCA4 #A42DCC

tetradic

#CCA42D #2DCC55 #2D55CC #CC2DA5

square

#CCA42D #2DCC55 #2D55CC #CC2DA5

split-complementary

#CCA42D #2DA5CC #552DCC

monochromatic

#685317 #9A7C22 #CCA42D #DBBB5B #E6D08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#CCA42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#CCA42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA42D

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA42D	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be70',
    500: '#cca42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca42d;
$custom-light: #e0be70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.906,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7355,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.39578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA42D

secondary

#8598D0

accent

#6BE741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA42D

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

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