#CCA535#CCA535

#CCA535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.133 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA535
RGB	rgb(204, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, 3.13, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 60.22, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% 0.0027 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.133 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.0019, 40.0072, 9.0354)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA535 #355CCC

analogous

#CC5935 #CCA535 #A8CC35

triadic

#CCA535 #35CCA5 #A535CC

tetradic

#CCA535 #35CC59 #355CCC #CC35A8

square

#CCA535 #35CC59 #355CCC #CC35A8

split-complementary

#CCA535 #35A8CC #5935CC

monochromatic

#6B571B #9C7E27 #CCA535 #D8BB66 #E5D197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CCA535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CCA535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA535

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA535	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.133 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf74',
    500: '#cca535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca535;
$custom-light: #e0bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73805,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA535

secondary

#8D9ED0

accent

#6EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA535

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

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