#CCA440#CCA440

#CCA440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.125 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA440
RGB	rgb(204, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 4.21, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 55.62, 85.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.69% 0.0071 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(73.69% 0.125 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1049, 39.7610, 10.4644)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA440 #4068CC

analogous

#CC5E40 #CCA440 #AECC40

triadic

#CCA440 #40CCA4 #A440CC

tetradic

#CCA440 #40CC5E #4068CC #CC40AE

square

#CCA440 #40CC5E #4068CC #CC40AE

split-complementary

#CCA440 #40AECC #5E40CC

monochromatic

#735B1F #A3812C #CCA440 #D9BB70 #E6D2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#CCA440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#CCA440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA440

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA440	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.125 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe7a',
    500: '#cca440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca440;
$custom-light: #dfbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73693,
    "c": 0.12502,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA440

secondary

#95A7D2

accent

#73E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA440

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

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