#CC9844#CC9844

#CC9844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9844
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 68)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 10.91, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 51.63, 77.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% 0.0271 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.118 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1758, 35.7140, 10.4032)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9844 #4478CC

analogous

#CC5444 #CC9844 #BCCC44

triadic

#CC9844 #44CC98 #9844CC

tetradic

#CC9844 #44CC54 #4478CC #CC44BC

square

#CC9844 #44CC54 #4478CC #CC44BC

split-complementary

#CC9844 #44BCCC #5444CC

monochromatic

#765520 #A6782D #CC9844 #D9B274 #E6CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CC9844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CC9844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9844

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9844	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67b',
    500: '#cc9844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9844;
$custom-light: #e0b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71351,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9844

secondary

#99AFD3

accent

#82E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9844

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

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