#CC9A42#CC9A42

#CC9A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.120 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9A42
RGB	rgb(204, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 9.71, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 52.81, 79.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% 0.0234 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.12 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4431, 36.3446, 10.1963)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9A42 #4274CC

analogous

#CC5542 #CC9A42 #B9CC42

triadic

#CC9A42 #42CC9A #9A42CC

tetradic

#CC9A42 #42CC55 #4274CC #CC42B9

square

#CC9A42 #42CC55 #4274CC #CC42B9

split-complementary

#CC9A42 #42B9CC #5542CC

monochromatic

#74551F #A4792C #CC9A42 #D9B472 #E6CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CC9A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CC9A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9A42

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9A42	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.120 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b77a',
    500: '#cc9a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9a42;
$custom-light: #e0b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71722,
    "c": 0.11992,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9A42

secondary

#97ADD3

accent

#7FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9A42

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

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