#CCA44A#CCA44A

#CCA44A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.117 H 85.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA44A
RGB	rgb(204, 164, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 63.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, 4.81, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 51.29, 84.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% 0.0101 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.118 85.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4154, 39.8852, 12.0998)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA44A #4A72CC

analogous

#CC634A #CCA44A #B3CC4A

triadic

#CCA44A #4ACCA4 #A44ACC

tetradic

#CCA44A #4ACC63 #4A72CC #CC4AB3

square

#CCA44A #4ACC63 #4A72CC #CC4AB3

split-complementary

#CCA44A #4AB3CC #634ACC

monochromatic

#795F22 #A98430 #CCA44A #D9BC7A #E7D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#CCA44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#CCA44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA44A

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA44A	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 164, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.117 85.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbe80',
    500: '#cca44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca44a;
$custom-light: #dfbe80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73791,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 85.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA44A

secondary

#9DAED4

accent

#77DF48

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA44A

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

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