#CCA540#CCA540

#CCA540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.126 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA540
RGB	rgb(204, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 3.67, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 55.84, 86.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% 0.0056 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.126 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.2846, 40.1203, 10.5243)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA540 #4067CC

analogous

#CC5F40 #CCA540 #ADCC40

triadic

#CCA540 #40CCA5 #A540CC

tetradic

#CCA540 #40CC5F #4067CC #CC40AD

square

#CCA540 #40CC5F #4067CC #CC40AD

split-complementary

#CCA540 #40ADCC #5F40CC

monochromatic

#735B1F #A3822C #CCA540 #D9BC70 #E6D3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#CCA540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#CCA540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA540

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA540	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)

#B8A433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.126 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf7a',
    500: '#cca540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca540;
$custom-light: #dfbf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73895,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA540

secondary

#95A6D2

accent

#72E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA540

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

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