#CC9C49#CC9C49

#CC9C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.115 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C49
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 9.06, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 50.10, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0224 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.115 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9951, 37.0980, 11.4615)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C49 #4979CC

analogous

#CC5B49 #CC9C49 #BBCC49

triadic

#CC9C49 #49CC9C #9C49CC

tetradic

#CC9C49 #49CC5B #4979CC #CC49BB

square

#CC9C49 #49CC5B #4979CC #CC49BB

split-complementary

#CC9C49 #49BBCC #5B49CC

monochromatic

#795922 #A97C2F #CC9C49 #D9B679 #E7D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CC9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C49

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C49	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.115 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb97f',
    500: '#cc9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c49;
$custom-light: #dfb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.015,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72189,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C49

secondary

#9DB1D4

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C49

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

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