#CC9949#CC9949

#CC9949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.115 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9949
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(37, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, 10.68, 48.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 49.60, 77.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% 0.0271 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.115 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4979, 36.1036, 11.2957)
Luminance	0.3610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9949 #497CCC

analogous

#CC5849 #CC9949 #BECC49

triadic

#CC9949 #49CC99 #9949CC

tetradic

#CC9949 #49CC58 #497CCC #CC49BE

square

#CC9949 #49CC58 #497CCC #CC49BE

split-complementary

#CC9949 #49BECC #5849CC

monochromatic

#795722 #A9792F #CC9949 #D9B479 #E7CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CC9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#CC9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9949

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9949	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#AC9B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.115 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb67f',
    500: '#cc9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9949;
$custom-light: #dfb67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.716,
    "c": 0.11456,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9949

secondary

#9DB2D4

accent

#83E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9949

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

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