#CCA057

A medium, moderate orange closely aligning with Peru.

About #CCA057

When working with digital screens, the color #CCA057 is rendered by mixing light. If you're using CSS, you might find it aligns closely with Peru. In the RGB color space, it consists of 204 red, 160 green, and 87 blue.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 22% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#CCA057
RGB204, 160, 87
HSL37.4°, 53.4%, 57.1%
CMYK0%, 22%, 57%, 20%
HSV37.4°, 57.4%, 80.0%
LAB68.5, 7.9, 43.8
XYZ39.2, 38.7, 14.4
Decimal13410391

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.40:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
8.73:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.30:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
7.42:1
Text on #0F172A
AAA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #CCA057; }
.text-color { color: #CCA057; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #CCA057; }

Similar Colors

Peru
#CD853F