#CCA537#CCA537

#CCA537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.132 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA537
RGB	rgb(204, 165, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 3.22, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 59.46, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0032 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.132 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0488, 40.0260, 9.2828)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA537 #375ECC

analogous

#CC5A37 #CCA537 #A9CC37

triadic

#CCA537 #37CCA5 #A537CC

tetradic

#CCA537 #37CC5A #375ECC #CC37A9

square

#CCA537 #37CC5A #375ECC #CC37A9

split-complementary

#CCA537 #37A9CC #5A37CC

monochromatic

#6D581C #9E7F28 #CCA537 #D8BB68 #E5D199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CCA537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#CCA537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA537

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA537	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)

#B8A426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 165, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.132 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bf75',
    500: '#cca537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca537;
$custom-light: #e0bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.295,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7382,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA537

secondary

#8EA0D0

accent

#6EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA537

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

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