#CC9531#CC9531

#CC9531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.130 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9531
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(39, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, 11.58, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 58.91, 78.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% 0.0266 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.13 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2062, 34.5569, 7.6684)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9531 #3168CC

analogous

#CC4831 #CC9531 #B5CC31

triadic

#CC9531 #31CC95 #9531CC

tetradic

#CC9531 #31CC48 #3168CC #CC31B5

square

#CC9531 #31CC48 #3168CC #CC31B5

split-complementary

#CC9531 #31B5CC #4831CC

monochromatic

#694D19 #9B7125 #CC9531 #D9AF61 #E5C892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CC9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#CC9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9531

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9531	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.130 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b370',
    500: '#cc9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9531;
$custom-light: #e0b370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.706,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9531

secondary

#89A2D0

accent

#7DE443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9531

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

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