#CCA53E#CCA53E

#CCA53E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA53E
RGB	rgb(204, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 3.57, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 56.67, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% 0.005 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.127 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2287, 40.0979, 10.2300)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA53E #3E65CC

analogous

#CC5E3E #CCA53E #ACCC3E

triadic

#CCA53E #3ECCA5 #A53ECC

tetradic

#CCA53E #3ECC5E #3E65CC #CC3EAC

square

#CCA53E #3ECC5E #3E65CC #CC3EAC

split-complementary

#CCA53E #3EACCC #5E3ECC

monochromatic

#725B1E #A2812B #CCA53E #D9BC6E #E6D29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CCA53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#CCA53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA53E

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA53E	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf79',
    500: '#cca53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca53e;
$custom-light: #dfbf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.521,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73877,
    "c": 0.12691,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA53E

secondary

#94A5D2

accent

#71E146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA53E

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

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