#CC9933#CC9933

#CC9933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.129 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9933
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, 9.50, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 58.72, 80.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% 0.0208 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.129 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8931, 35.8616, 8.1102)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9933 #3366CC

analogous

#CC4C33 #CC9933 #B2CC33

triadic

#CC9933 #33CC99 #9933CC

tetradic

#CC9933 #33CC4D #3366CC #CC33B2

square

#CC9933 #33CC4D #3366CC #CC33B2

split-complementary

#CC9933 #33B2CC #4C33CC

monochromatic

#6A501B #9B7427 #CC9933 #D8B164 #E4CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CC9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#CC9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9933

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9933	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)

#AD9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.129 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b671',
    500: '#cc9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9933;
$custom-light: #e0b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71396,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9933

secondary

#8BA2D0

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9933

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

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