#CC9947#CC9947

#CC9947 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.116 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9947
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 71)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 65.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, 10.56, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 50.48, 77.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0265 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.116 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4327, 36.0775, 10.9521)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9947 #477ACC

analogous

#CC5747 #CC9947 #BDCC47

triadic

#CC9947 #47CC99 #9947CC

tetradic

#CC9947 #47CC57 #477ACC #CC47BD

square

#CC9947 #47CC57 #477ACC #CC47BD

split-complementary

#CC9947 #47BDCC #5747CC

monochromatic

#775621 #A7792E #CC9947 #D9B477 #E7CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CC9947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9947

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9947	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.116 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67d',
    500: '#cc9947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9947;
$custom-light: #dfb67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71578,
    "c": 0.11605,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9947

secondary

#9BB1D4

accent

#82E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9947

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

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