#CC9D3C#CC9D3C

#CC9D3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.125 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D3C
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 7.76, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 55.84, 82.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.0169 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.125 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7767, 37.2802, 9.4802)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D3C #3C6BCC

analogous

#CC553C #CC9D3C #B3CC3C

triadic

#CC9D3C #3CCC9D #9D3CCC

tetradic

#CC9D3C #3CCC55 #3C6BCC #CC3CB3

square

#CC9D3C #3CCC55 #3C6BCC #CC3CB3

split-complementary

#CC9D3C #3CB3CC #553CCC

monochromatic

#70551D #A17A2A #CC9D3C #D9B56D #E5CE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CC9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CC9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D3C

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D3C	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.125 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b977',
    500: '#cc9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d3c;
$custom-light: #e0b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.417,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72259,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D3C

secondary

#92A7D1

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D3C

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

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