#CC9946#CC9946

#CC9946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.117 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9946
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 70)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 10.49, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 50.92, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0262 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.117 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4008, 36.0648, 10.7845)
Luminance	0.3606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9946 #4679CC

analogous

#CC5646 #CC9946 #BCCC46

triadic

#CC9946 #46CC99 #9946CC

tetradic

#CC9946 #46CC56 #4679CC #CC46BC

square

#CC9946 #46CC56 #4679CC #CC46BC

split-complementary

#CC9946 #46BCCC #5646CC

monochromatic

#775621 #A7792E #CC9946 #D9B376 #E6CEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#CC9946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9946

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9946	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)

#AC9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.117 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67d',
    500: '#cc9946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9946;
$custom-light: #dfb67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.164,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71568,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9946

secondary

#9AB0D4

accent

#82E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9946

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

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