#CC9B33#CC9B33

#CC9B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.130 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B33
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 8.42, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 59.03, 81.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% 0.0177 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.13 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2231, 36.5218, 8.2202)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B33 #3364CC

analogous

#CC4E33 #CC9B33 #B1CC33

triadic

#CC9B33 #33CC9B #9B33CC

tetradic

#CC9B33 #33CC4E #3364CC #CC33B1

square

#CC9B33 #33CC4E #3364CC #CC33B1

split-complementary

#CC9B33 #33B1CC #4E33CC

monochromatic

#6A511B #9B7627 #CC9B33 #D8B364 #E4CB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CC9B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CC9B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B33

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B33	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.130 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b872',
    500: '#cc9b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b33;
$custom-light: #e0b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.784,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7179,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B33

secondary

#8BA1D0

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B33

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

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