#CC9C34#CC9C34

#CC9C34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.130 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C34
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 52)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 7.92, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 58.82, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72% 0.0164 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.13 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4125, 36.8650, 8.3933)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C34 #3464CC

analogous

#CC5034 #CC9C34 #B0CC34

triadic

#CC9C34 #34CC9C #9C34CC

tetradic

#CC9C34 #34CC50 #3464CC #CC34B0

square

#CC9C34 #34CC50 #3464CC #CC34B0

split-complementary

#CC9C34 #34B0CC #5034CC

monochromatic

#6B521B #9C7727 #CC9C34 #D8B465 #E5CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#CC9C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C34

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C34	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)

#B09C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.130 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b872',
    500: '#cc9c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c34;
$custom-light: #e0b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.053,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71996,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C34

secondary

#8CA1D0

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C34

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

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