#CC9C2D#CC9C2D

#CC9C2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.133 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C2D
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, 7.63, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 61.37, 82.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0147 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.133 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2664, 36.8065, 7.6237)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C2D #2D5DCC

analogous

#CC4D2D #CC9C2D #ADCC2D

triadic

#CC9C2D #2DCC9C #9C2DCC

tetradic

#CC9C2D #2DCC4D #2D5DCC #CC2DAD

square

#CC9C2D #2DCC4D #2D5DCC #CC2DAD

split-complementary

#CC9C2D #2DADCC #4D2DCC

monochromatic

#684F17 #9A7622 #CC9C2D #DBB45B #E6CB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CC9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C2D

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C2D	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.133 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b86f',
    500: '#cc9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c2d;
$custom-light: #e0b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.887,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71947,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C2D

secondary

#859BD0

accent

#73E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C2D

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

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