#CCA43D#CCA43D

#CCA43D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.127 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA43D
RGB	rgb(204, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, 4.05, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 56.85, 85.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0063 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.127 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0218, 39.7277, 10.0269)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA43D #3D65CC

analogous

#CC5D3D #CCA43D #ACCC3D

triadic

#CCA43D #3DCCA4 #A43DCC

tetradic

#CCA43D #3DCC5D #3D65CC #CC3DAC

square

#CCA43D #3DCC5D #3D65CC #CC3DAC

split-complementary

#CCA43D #3DACCC #5D3DCC

monochromatic

#715A1E #A1802A #CCA43D #D9BB6D #E5D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CCA43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#CCA43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA43D

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA43D	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)

#B7A32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.127 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0be78',
    500: '#cca43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca43d;
$custom-light: #e0be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73667,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA43D

secondary

#93A5D2

accent

#72E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA43D

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

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