#CC972D#CC972D

#CC972D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.132 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC972D
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.88, 10.34, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.88, 60.62, 80.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.0226 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.132 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4446, 35.1629, 7.3498)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC972D #2D62CC

analogous

#CC482D #CC972D #B2CC2D

triadic

#CC972D #2DCC97 #972DCC

tetradic

#CC972D #2DCC48 #2D62CC #CC2DB2

square

#CC972D #2DCC48 #2D62CC #CC2DB2

split-complementary

#CC972D #2DB2CC #482DCC

monochromatic

#684D17 #9A7222 #CC972D #DBB05B #E6C88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CC972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#CC972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC972D

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC972D	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#AC981A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.132 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1b56e',
    500: '#cc972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc972d;
$custom-light: #e1b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70962,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC972D

secondary

#859ED0

accent

#78E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC972D

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

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