#CC9B3B#CC9B3B

#CC9B3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B3B
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, 8.79, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 55.90, 80.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% 0.0198 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.125 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4150, 36.5986, 9.2304)
Luminance	0.3660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B3B #3B6CCC

analogous

#CC533B #CC9B3B #B5CC3B

triadic

#CC9B3B #3BCC9B #9B3BCC

tetradic

#CC9B3B #3BCC53 #3B6CCC #CC3BB5

square

#CC9B3B #3BCC53 #3B6CCC #CC3BB5

split-complementary

#CC9B3B #3BB5CC #533BCC

monochromatic

#70541D #A0782A #CC9B3B #D9B46C #E5CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CC9B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#CC9B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B3B

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B3B	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b876',
    500: '#cc9b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b3b;
$custom-light: #e0b876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B3B

secondary

#92A7D1

accent

#7BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B3B

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

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