#CC9948#CC9948

#CC9948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9948
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 72)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 10.62, 48.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 50.04, 77.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.59% 0.0268 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(71.59% 0.115 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4650, 36.0904, 11.1225)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9948 #487BCC

analogous

#CC5748 #CC9948 #BDCC48

triadic

#CC9948 #48CC99 #9948CC

tetradic

#CC9948 #48CC57 #487BCC #CC48BD

square

#CC9948 #48CC57 #487BCC #CC48BD

split-complementary

#CC9948 #48BDCC #5748CC

monochromatic

#785721 #A8792F #CC9948 #D9B478 #E7CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CC9948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9948

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9948	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)

#AC9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67e',
    500: '#cc9948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9948;
$custom-light: #dfb67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71589,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9948

secondary

#9CB2D4

accent

#83E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9948

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

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