#CC9D2D#CC9D2D

#CC9D2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.134 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D2D
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(42, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 7.09, 61.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 61.54, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% 0.0132 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.134 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4349, 37.1435, 7.6799)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D2D #2D5CCC

analogous

#CC4E2D #CC9D2D #ACCC2D

triadic

#CC9D2D #2DCC9D #9D2DCC

tetradic

#CC9D2D #2DCC4E #2D5CCC #CC2DAC

square

#CC9D2D #2DCC4E #2D5CCC #CC2DAC

split-complementary

#CC9D2D #2DACCC #4E2DCC

monochromatic

#685017 #9A7622 #CC9D2D #DBB55B #E6CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CC9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D2D

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D2D	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.134 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b96f',
    500: '#cc9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d2d;
$custom-light: #e0b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.264,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72146,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D2D

secondary

#859BD0

accent

#72E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D2D

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

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