#CCA73B#CCA73B

#CCA73B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.130 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CCA73B
RGB	rgb(204, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 2.34, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 58.35, 87.70°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.0011 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.13 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.5122, 40.7930, 9.9295)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CCA73B #3B60CC

analogous

#CC5F3B #CCA73B #A8CC3B

triadic

#CCA73B #3BCCA7 #A73BCC

tetradic

#CCA73B #3BCC5F #3B60CC #CC3BA8

square

#CCA73B #3BCC5F #3B60CC #CC3BA8

split-complementary

#CCA73B #3BA8CC #5F3BCC

monochromatic

#705B1D #A0822A #CCA73B #D9BD6C #E5D39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CCA73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#CCA73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CCA73B

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CCA73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CCA73B	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cca73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.130 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c077',
    500: '#cca73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cca73b;
$custom-light: #e0c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cca73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74257,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CCA73B

secondary

#92A2D1

accent

#6EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CCA73B

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

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