#CCA449#CCA449

#CCA449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.118 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA449
RGB	rgb(204, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 4.75, 51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 51.74, 84.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% 0.0098 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.118 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3820, 39.8718, 11.9238)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA449 #4971CC

analogous

#CC6349 #CCA449 #B3CC49

triadic

#CCA449 #49CCA4 #A449CC

tetradic

#CCA449 #49CC63 #4971CC #CC49B3

square

#CCA449 #49CC63 #4971CC #CC49B3

split-complementary

#CCA449 #49B3CC #6349CC

monochromatic

#795E22 #A9842F #CCA449 #D9BC79 #E7D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CCA449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#CCA449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA449

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA449	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.118 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe7f',
    500: '#cca449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca449;
$custom-light: #dfbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73781,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA449

secondary

#9DAED4

accent

#76E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA449

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

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