#CC9C42#CC9C42

#CC9C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.120 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C42
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 8.63, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 53.15, 80.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% 0.0202 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.12 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7759, 37.0103, 10.3073)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C42 #4272CC

analogous

#CC5742 #CC9C42 #B7CC42

triadic

#CC9C42 #42CC9C #9C42CC

tetradic

#CC9C42 #42CC57 #4272CC #CC42B7

square

#CC9C42 #42CC57 #4272CC #CC42B7

split-complementary

#CC9C42 #42B7CC #5742CC

monochromatic

#74571F #A47B2C #CC9C42 #D9B572 #E6CEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CC9C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C42

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C42	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.120 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97a',
    500: '#cc9c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c42;
$custom-light: #e0b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C42

secondary

#97ACD3

accent

#7DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C42

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

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