#CC9D3B#CC9D3B

#CC9D3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.126 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D3B
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 59)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, 7.71, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 56.25, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0166 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.126 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7506, 37.2698, 9.3423)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D3B #3B6ACC

analogous

#CC553B #CC9D3B #B2CC3B

triadic

#CC9D3B #3BCC9D #9D3BCC

tetradic

#CC9D3B #3BCC55 #3B6ACC #CC3BB2

square

#CC9D3B #3BCC55 #3B6ACC #CC3BB2

split-complementary

#CC9D3B #3BB2CC #553BCC

monochromatic

#70551D #A07A2A #CC9D3B #D9B56C #E5CE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CC9D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CC9D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D3B

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D3B	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#B19D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.126 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b976',
    500: '#cc9d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d3b;
$custom-light: #e0b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.552,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D3B

secondary

#92A6D1

accent

#78E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D3B

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

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