#CC9C31#CC9C31

#CC9C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.131 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C31
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, 7.79, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 59.94, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% 0.0157 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.131 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3471, 36.8388, 8.0487)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C31 #3161CC

analogous

#CC4E31 #CC9C31 #AFCC31

triadic

#CC9C31 #31CC9C #9C31CC

tetradic

#CC9C31 #31CC4E #3161CC #CC31AF

square

#CC9C31 #31CC4E #3161CC #CC31AF

split-complementary

#CC9C31 #31AFCC #4E31CC

monochromatic

#695119 #9B7625 #CC9C31 #D9B461 #E5CB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CC9C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C31

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C31	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)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.131 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b871',
    500: '#cc9c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c31;
$custom-light: #e0b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.419,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71974,
    "c": 0.13133,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C31

secondary

#899FD0

accent

#75E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C31

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

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