#CC9733#CC9733

#CC9733 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.129 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9733
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 51)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, 10.58, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 58.42, 79.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71% 0.024 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.129 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5684, 35.2124, 8.0020)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9733 #3368CC

analogous

#CC4B33 #CC9733 #B4CC33

triadic

#CC9733 #33CC97 #9733CC

tetradic

#CC9733 #33CC4B #3368CC #CC33B4

square

#CC9733 #33CC4B #3368CC #CC33B4

split-complementary

#CC9733 #33B4CC #4B33CC

monochromatic

#6A4F1B #9B7327 #CC9733 #D8B064 #E4C995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CC9733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#CC9733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9733

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9733	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.129 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b571',
    500: '#cc9733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9733;
$custom-light: #e0b571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.216,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71004,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9733

secondary

#8BA3D0

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9733

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

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