#CC9D39#CC9D39

#CC9D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.127 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D39
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 7.61, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 57.05, 82.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% 0.0161 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.127 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6997, 37.2494, 9.0743)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D39 #3968CC

analogous

#CC5339 #CC9D39 #B1CC39

triadic

#CC9D39 #39CC9D #9D39CC

tetradic

#CC9D39 #39CC53 #3968CC #CC39B1

square

#CC9D39 #39CC53 #3968CC #CC39B1

split-complementary

#CC9D39 #39B1CC #5339CC

monochromatic

#6E541C #9F7929 #CC9D39 #D9B56A #E5CD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CC9D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D39

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D39	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.127 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b975',
    500: '#cc9d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d39;
$custom-light: #e0b975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72233,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D39

secondary

#90A5D1

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D39

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

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