#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
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, 8.30, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 55.66, 81.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0185 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.125 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6082, 36.9432, 9.4241)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CC9C3C	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)

#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

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

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