#CC9B2D#CC9B2D

#CC9B2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.133 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B2D
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, 8.17, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 61.21, 82.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0163 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.133 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.0993, 36.4723, 7.5680)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B2D #2D5ECC

analogous

#CC4B2D #CC9B2D #AECC2D

triadic

#CC9B2D #2DCC9B #9B2DCC

tetradic

#CC9B2D #2DCC4B #2D5ECC #CC2DAE

square

#CC9B2D #2DCC4B #2D5ECC #CC2DAE

split-complementary

#CC9B2D #2DAECC #4B2DCC

monochromatic

#684F17 #9A7522 #CC9B2D #DBB45B #E6CB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CC9B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#CC9B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B2D

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B2D	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.133 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b86f',
    500: '#cc9b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b2d;
$custom-light: #e0b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.509,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.3647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B2D

secondary

#859CD0

accent

#74E741

background

#FEFBF6

surface

#FDF6EC

border

#D5D0C7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B2D

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

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