#CC9D31#CC9D31

#CC9D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.132 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D31
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(42, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 7.25, 59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 60.12, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.0141 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.132 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.5156, 37.1758, 8.1049)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D31 #3160CC

analogous

#CC4F31 #CC9D31 #AECC31

triadic

#CC9D31 #31CC9D #9D31CC

tetradic

#CC9D31 #31CC4F #3160CC #CC31AE

square

#CC9D31 #31CC4F #3160CC #CC31AE

split-complementary

#CC9D31 #31AECC #4F31CC

monochromatic

#695119 #9B7725 #CC9D31 #D9B561 #E5CC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CC9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D31

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D31	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)

#B19D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.132 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b971',
    500: '#cc9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d31;
$custom-light: #e0b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.806,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72172,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D31

secondary

#899ED0

accent

#74E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D31

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

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