#CC9C3B#CC9C3B

#CC9C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C3B
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 59)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 8.25, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 56.07, 81.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0182 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.125 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5821, 36.9328, 9.2861)
Luminance	0.3693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C3B #3B6BCC

analogous

#CC543B #CC9C3B #B4CC3B

triadic

#CC9C3B #3BCC9C #9C3BCC

tetradic

#CC9C3B #3BCC54 #3B6BCC #CC3BB4

square

#CC9C3B #3BCC54 #3B6BCC #CC3BB4

split-complementary

#CC9C3B #3BB4CC #543BCC

monochromatic

#70541D #A0792A #CC9C3B #D9B56C #E5CD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CC9C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C3B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C3B	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b976',
    500: '#cc9c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c3b;
$custom-light: #e0b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.138,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72052,
    "c": 0.12526,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C3B

secondary

#92A7D1

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C3B

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

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