#CC972C#CC972C

#CC972C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC972C
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 78.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, 10.30, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 60.97, 80.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0223 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.133 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4256, 35.1553, 7.2496)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC972C #2C61CC

analogous

#CC472C #CC972C #B1CC2C

triadic

#CC972C #2CCC97 #972CCC

tetradic

#CC972C #2CCC47 #2C61CC #CC2CB1

square

#CC972C #2CCC47 #2C61CC #CC2CB1

split-complementary

#CC972C #2CB1CC #472CCC

monochromatic

#674C16 #9A7221 #CC972C #DBB05A #E6C88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CC972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CC972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC972C

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC972C	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9818

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b56e',
    500: '#cc972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc972c;
$custom-light: #e1b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.125,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70955,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC972C

secondary

#839DD0

accent

#78E840

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC972C

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

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