#CCA642#CCA642

#CCA642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.125 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA642
RGB	rgb(204, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.6%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 3.25, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 55.24, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% 0.0046 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.125 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5236, 40.5056, 10.8898)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA642 #4268CC

analogous

#CC6142 #CCA642 #ADCC42

triadic

#CCA642 #42CCA6 #A642CC

tetradic

#CCA642 #42CC61 #4268CC #CC42AD

square

#CCA642 #42CC61 #4268CC #CC42AD

split-complementary

#CCA642 #42ADCC #6142CC

monochromatic

#745D1F #A4832C #CCA642 #D9BD72 #E6D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#CCA642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#CCA642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA642

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA642	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC9891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.125 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc07b',
    500: '#cca642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca642;
$custom-light: #dfc07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74115,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA642

secondary

#97A7D3

accent

#71E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA642

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

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