#CC9D34#CC9D34

#CC9D34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D34
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 7.38, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 59.00, 82.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0148 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.13 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5810, 37.2019, 8.4495)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D34 #3463CC

analogous

#CC5134 #CC9D34 #AFCC34

triadic

#CC9D34 #34CC9D #9D34CC

tetradic

#CC9D34 #34CC51 #3463CC #CC34AF

square

#CC9D34 #34CC51 #3463CC #CC34AF

split-complementary

#CC9D34 #34AFCC #5134CC

monochromatic

#6B521B #9C7827 #CC9D34 #D8B565 #E5CC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CC9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D34

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D34	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b972',
    500: '#cc9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d34;
$custom-light: #e0b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.447,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72194,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D34

secondary

#8CA1D0

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D34

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

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