#CC9943#CC9943

#CC9943 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9943
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 10.31, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 52.22, 78.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% 0.0252 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.119 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3085, 36.0278, 10.2982)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9943 #4376CC

analogous

#CC5443 #CC9943 #BBCC43

triadic

#CC9943 #43CC99 #9943CC

tetradic

#CC9943 #43CC54 #4376CC #CC43BB

square

#CC9943 #43CC54 #4376CC #CC43BB

split-complementary

#CC9943 #43BBCC #5443CC

monochromatic

#755520 #A5782D #CC9943 #D9B373 #E6CDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CC9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9943

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9943	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67b',
    500: '#cc9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9943;
$custom-light: #e0b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.664,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71536,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9943

secondary

#98AED3

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9943

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

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