#CC9C2E#CC9C2E

#CC9C2E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.133 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C2E
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(42, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 77%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 77.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 7.67, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 61.02, 82.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.015 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.133 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2859, 36.8143, 7.7263)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C2E #2E5ECC

analogous

#CC4D2E #CC9C2E #ADCC2E

triadic

#CC9C2E #2ECC9C #9C2ECC

tetradic

#CC9C2E #2ECC4D #2E5ECC #CC2EAD

square

#CC9C2E #2ECC4D #2E5ECC #CC2EAD

split-complementary

#CC9C2E #2EADCC #4D2ECC

monochromatic

#685017 #9A7623 #CC9C2E #DAB45D #E6CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CC9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C2E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C2E	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)

#B09C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.133 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b86f',
    500: '#cc9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c2e;
$custom-light: #e0b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71954,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C2E

secondary

#869CD0

accent

#74E642

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C2E

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

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