#CCA43B#CCA43B

#CCA43B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.128 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA43B
RGB	rgb(204, 164, 59)
HSL	hsl(43, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, 3.95, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 57.66, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(73.65% 0.0057 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(73.65% 0.128 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9690, 39.7066, 9.7484)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA43B #3B63CC

analogous

#CC5C3B #CCA43B #ACCC3B

triadic

#CCA43B #3BCCA4 #A43BCC

tetradic

#CCA43B #3BCC5C #3B63CC #CC3BAC

square

#CCA43B #3BCC5C #3B63CC #CC3BAC

split-complementary

#CCA43B #3BACCC #5C3BCC

monochromatic

#70591D #A07F2A #CCA43B #D9BB6C #E5D19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CCA43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CCA43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA43B

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA43B	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 164, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.128 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be77',
    500: '#cca43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca43b;
$custom-light: #e0be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7365,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA43B

secondary

#92A3D1

accent

#71E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA43B

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

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