#CC9833#CC9833

#CC9833 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.129 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9833
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, 10.04, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 58.57, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% 0.0224 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.129 80)
XYZ	xyz(36.7301, 35.5357, 8.0559)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9833 #3367CC

analogous

#CC4C33 #CC9833 #B3CC33

triadic

#CC9833 #33CC98 #9833CC

tetradic

#CC9833 #33CC4C #3367CC #CC33B3

square

#CC9833 #33CC4C #3367CC #CC33B3

split-complementary

#CC9833 #33B3CC #4C33CC

monochromatic

#6A4F1B #9B7427 #CC9833 #D8B164 #E4C995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CC9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#CC9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9833

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9833	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.129 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b671',
    500: '#cc9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9833;
$custom-light: #e0b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.608,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.712,
    "c": 0.12906,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.35533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9833

secondary

#8BA2D0

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9833

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

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