#CC9C3C#CC9C3C

#CC9C3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.125 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC9C3C
RGBrgb(204, 156, 60)
HSLhsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSVhsv(40, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.23, 8.30, 55.04)
CIE-LCHlch(67.23, 55.66, 81.42°)
OKLaboklab(72.06% 0.0185 0.1232)
OKLCHoklch(72.06% 0.125 81.5)
XYZxyz(37.6082, 36.9432, 9.4241)
Luminance0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC9C3C #3C6CCC
analogous
#CC543C #CC9C3C #B4CC3C
triadic
#CC9C3C #3CCC9C #9C3CCC
tetradic
#CC9C3C #3CCC54 #3C6CCC #CC3CB4
square
#CC9C3C #3CCC54 #3C6CCC #CC3CB4
split-complementary
#CC9C3C #3CB4CC #543CCC
monochromatic
#70551D #A1792A #CC9C3C #D9B56D #E5CD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#CC9C3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39
#CC9C3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C3C
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC9C3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CC9C3C1.002.508.398.39
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3921.001.001.00
##0000008.3921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B09D30
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA940
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DD8E88
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc9c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.125 81.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b977',
    500: '#cc9c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc9c3c;
$custom-light: #e0b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc9c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72061,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC9C3C
secondary
#92A7D1
accent
#7AE246
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FDF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C3C

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#CC9C3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva