#CCA536#CCA536

#CCA536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA536
RGB	rgb(204, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(44, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, 3.17, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 59.84, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% 0.0029 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.132 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0251, 40.0165, 9.1578)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA536 #365DCC

analogous

#CC5A36 #CCA536 #A8CC36

triadic

#CCA536 #36CCA5 #A536CC

tetradic

#CCA536 #36CC5A #365DCC #CC36A8

square

#CCA536 #36CC5A #365DCC #CC36A8

split-complementary

#CCA536 #36A8CC #5A36CC

monochromatic

#6C571B #9D7F28 #CCA536 #D8BB67 #E5D198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CCA536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CCA536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA536

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA536	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)

#B8A325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf74',
    500: '#cca536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca536;
$custom-light: #e0bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73813,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA536

secondary

#8E9FD0

accent

#6EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA536

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

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