#CC9C30#CC9C30

#CC9C30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.132 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C30
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 76.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, 7.75, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 60.31, 82.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0154 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.132 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3262, 36.8304, 7.9388)
Luminance	0.3683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C30 #3060CC

analogous

#CC4E30 #CC9C30 #AECC30

triadic

#CC9C30 #30CC9C #9C30CC

tetradic

#CC9C30 #30CC4E #3060CC #CC30AE

square

#CC9C30 #30CC4E #3060CC #CC30AE

split-complementary

#CC9C30 #30AECC #4E30CC

monochromatic

#695019 #9A7624 #CC9C30 #DAB460 #E5CB91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CC9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C30

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C30	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.132 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b870',
    500: '#cc9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c30;
$custom-light: #e0b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71967,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C30

secondary

#889ED0

accent

#75E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C30

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

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