#CC9D3D#CC9D3D

#CC9D3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D3D
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 7.82, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 55.43, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0172 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.124 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8034, 37.2909, 9.6208)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D3D #3D6CCC

analogous

#CC563D #CC9D3D #B3CC3D

triadic

#CC9D3D #3DCC9D #9D3DCC

tetradic

#CC9D3D #3DCC56 #3D6CCC #CC3DB3

square

#CC9D3D #3DCC56 #3D6CCC #CC3DB3

split-complementary

#CC9D3D #3DB3CC #563DCC

monochromatic

#71561E #A17A2A #CC9D3D #D9B56D #E5CE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CC9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CC9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D3D

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D3D	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)

#B19D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b978',
    500: '#cc9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d3d;
$custom-light: #e0b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.28,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72267,
    "c": 0.12425,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D3D

secondary

#93A8D2

accent

#79E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D3D

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

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