#CC9931#CC9931

#CC9931 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.130 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9931
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 9.41, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 59.46, 80.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% 0.0203 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.13 81)
XYZ	xyz(36.8499, 35.8444, 7.8830)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9931 #3164CC

analogous

#CC4B31 #CC9931 #B2CC31

triadic

#CC9931 #31CC99 #9931CC

tetradic

#CC9931 #31CC4B #3164CC #CC31B2

square

#CC9931 #31CC4B #3164CC #CC31B2

split-complementary

#CC9931 #31B2CC #4B31CC

monochromatic

#694F19 #9B7425 #CC9931 #D9B261 #E5CA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CC9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CC9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9931

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9931	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.130 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b670',
    500: '#cc9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9931;
$custom-light: #e0b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.258,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71382,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.35842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9931

secondary

#89A0D0

accent

#78E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9931

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

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