#CCA549#CCA549

#CCA549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.119 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA549
RGB	rgb(204, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, 4.21, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 51.97, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% 0.0082 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.119 86)
XYZ	xyz(39.5617, 40.2311, 11.9837)
Luminance	0.4023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA549 #4970CC

analogous

#CC6449 #CCA549 #B2CC49

triadic

#CCA549 #49CCA5 #A549CC

tetradic

#CCA549 #49CC64 #4970CC #CC49B2

square

#CCA549 #49CC64 #4970CC #CC49B2

split-complementary

#CCA549 #49B2CC #6449CC

monochromatic

#795F22 #A9842F #CCA549 #D9BD79 #E7D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#CCA549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#CCA549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA549

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA549	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.119 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbf7f',
    500: '#cca549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca549;
$custom-light: #dfbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73982,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.40229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA549

secondary

#9DADD4

accent

#75E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA549

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

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