#CC9D35#CC9D35

#CC9D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D35
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 7.42, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 58.62, 82.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0151 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.129 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6038, 37.2111, 8.5694)
Luminance	0.3721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D35 #3564CC

analogous

#CC5235 #CC9D35 #AFCC35

triadic

#CC9D35 #35CC9D #9D35CC

tetradic

#CC9D35 #35CC52 #3564CC #CC35AF

square

#CC9D35 #35CC52 #3564CC #CC35AF

split-complementary

#CC9D35 #35AFCC #5235CC

monochromatic

#6B521B #9C7827 #CC9D35 #D8B566 #E5CC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CC9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D35

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D35	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)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b973',
    500: '#cc9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d35;
$custom-light: #e0b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.325,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72202,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D35

secondary

#8DA2D0

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D35

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

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