#CCA437#CCA437

#CCA437 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.131 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA437
RGB	rgb(204, 164, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, 3.75, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 59.24, 86.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0047 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.131 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8692, 39.6667, 9.2229)
Luminance	0.3966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA437 #375FCC

analogous

#CC5937 #CCA437 #A9CC37

triadic

#CCA437 #37CCA4 #A437CC

tetradic

#CCA437 #37CC59 #375FCC #CC37A9

square

#CCA437 #37CC59 #375FCC #CC37A9

split-complementary

#CCA437 #37A9CC #5937CC

monochromatic

#6D571C #9E7E28 #CCA437 #D8BA68 #E5D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CCA437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#CCA437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA437

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA437	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 164, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.131 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be75',
    500: '#cca437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca437;
$custom-light: #e0be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73618,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA437

secondary

#8EA0D0

accent

#6FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA437

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

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