#CC9545#CC9545

#CC9545 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9545
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 69)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, 12.61, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 50.78, 75.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% 0.0322 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.117 74)
XYZ	xyz(36.7258, 34.7647, 10.4051)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9545 #457CCC

analogous

#CC5145 #CC9545 #BFCC45

triadic

#CC9545 #45CC95 #9545CC

tetradic

#CC9545 #45CC51 #457CCC #CC45BF

square

#CC9545 #45CC51 #457CCC #CC45BF

split-complementary

#CC9545 #45BFCC #5145CC

monochromatic

#765320 #A6752E #CC9545 #D9B075 #E6CCA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CC9545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CC9545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9545

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9545	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9973C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47c',
    500: '#cc9545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9545;
$custom-light: #e0b47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.34762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9545

secondary

#99B1D3

accent

#86E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9545

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

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