#CC9243#CC9243

#CC9243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.118 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9243
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 14.12, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 51.29, 74.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% 0.0364 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.118 72)
XYZ	xyz(36.1962, 33.8033, 9.9274)
Luminance	0.3380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9243 #437DCC

analogous

#CC4E43 #CC9243 #C1CC43

triadic

#CC9243 #43CC92 #9243CC

tetradic

#CC9243 #43CC4E #437DCC #CC43C1

square

#CC9243 #43CC4E #437DCC #CC43C1

split-complementary

#CC9243 #43C1CC #4E43CC

monochromatic

#755120 #A5722D #CC9243 #D9AE73 #E6CAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CC9243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CC9243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9243

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9243	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6953A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.118 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b17a',
    500: '#cc9243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9243;
$custom-light: #e0b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.599,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7018,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9243

secondary

#98B1D3

accent

#88E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9243

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

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