#CC9849#CC9849

#CC9849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.114 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9849
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 11.23, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 49.45, 76.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0287 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.114 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3349, 35.7776, 11.2414)
Luminance	0.3578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9849 #497DCC

analogous

#CC5749 #CC9849 #BFCC49

triadic

#CC9849 #49CC98 #9849CC

tetradic

#CC9849 #49CC57 #497DCC #CC49BF

square

#CC9849 #49CC57 #497DCC #CC49BF

split-complementary

#CC9849 #49BFCC #5749CC

monochromatic

#795622 #A9782F #CC9849 #D9B379 #E7CEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CC9849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#CC9849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9849

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9849	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.114 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67f',
    500: '#cc9849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9849;
$custom-light: #dfb67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71405,
    "c": 0.11437,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9849

secondary

#9DB3D4

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9849

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

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