#CC9C3D#CC9C3D

#CC9C3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.124 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C3D
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 8.36, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 55.25, 81.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% 0.0187 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.124 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6349, 36.9539, 9.5646)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C3D #3D6DCC

analogous

#CC553D #CC9C3D #B5CC3D

triadic

#CC9C3D #3DCC9C #9C3DCC

tetradic

#CC9C3D #3DCC55 #3D6DCC #CC3DB5

square

#CC9C3D #3DCC55 #3D6DCC #CC3DB5

split-complementary

#CC9C3D #3DB5CC #553DCC

monochromatic

#71551E #A1792A #CC9C3D #D9B56D #E5CD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CC9C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C3D

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C3D	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)

#B09D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.124 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b977',
    500: '#cc9c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c3d;
$custom-light: #e0b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.86,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72069,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C3D

secondary

#93A8D2

accent

#7AE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C3D

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

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