#CC9945#CC9945

#CC9945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.118 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9945
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 69)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 10.43, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 51.35, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0259 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.118 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3695, 36.0522, 10.6196)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9945 #4578CC

analogous

#CC5545 #CC9945 #BCCC45

triadic

#CC9945 #45CC99 #9945CC

tetradic

#CC9945 #45CC55 #4578CC #CC45BC

square

#CC9945 #45CC55 #4578CC #CC45BC

split-complementary

#CC9945 #45BCCC #5545CC

monochromatic

#765620 #A6792E #CC9945 #D9B375 #E6CEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CC9945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9945

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9945	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)

#AC9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.118 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67c',
    500: '#cc9945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9945;
$custom-light: #dfb67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71557,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9945

secondary

#99AFD3

accent

#81E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9945

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

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