#CC9249#CC9249

#CC9249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.114 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9249
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.87, 14.49, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.87, 48.69, 72.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% 0.0383 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.114 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3856, 33.8790, 10.9250)
Luminance	0.3388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9249 #4983CC

analogous

#CC5149 #CC9249 #C5CC49

triadic

#CC9249 #49CC92 #9249CC

tetradic

#CC9249 #49CC51 #4983CC #CC49C5

square

#CC9249 #49CC51 #4983CC #CC49C5

split-complementary

#CC9249 #49C5CC #5149CC

monochromatic

#795222 #A9732F #CC9249 #D9AF79 #E7CBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#CC9249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#CC9249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9249

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9249	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.114 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb27e',
    500: '#cc9249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9249;
$custom-light: #dfb27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.435,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70247,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9249

secondary

#9DB5D4

accent

#8BE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9249

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

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