#CC9944#CC9944

#CC9944 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.118 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9944
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 68)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 10.37, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 51.79, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0256 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.118 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3387, 36.0399, 10.4575)
Luminance	0.3604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9944 #4477CC

analogous

#CC5544 #CC9944 #BBCC44

triadic

#CC9944 #44CC99 #9944CC

tetradic

#CC9944 #44CC55 #4477CC #CC44BB

square

#CC9944 #44CC55 #4477CC #CC44BB

split-complementary

#CC9944 #44BBCC #5544CC

monochromatic

#765520 #A6782D #CC9944 #D9B374 #E6CDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CC9944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9944

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9944	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)

#AD9A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A747

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.118 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67b',
    500: '#cc9944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9944;
$custom-light: #e0b67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71547,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9944

secondary

#99AFD3

accent

#81E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9944

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

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