#CC9D3E#CC9D3E

#CC9D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.124 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D3E
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 7.87, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 55.02, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0175 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.124 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.8306, 37.3018, 9.7639)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D3E #3E6DCC

analogous

#CC563E #CC9D3E #B4CC3E

triadic

#CC9D3E #3ECC9D #9D3ECC

tetradic

#CC9D3E #3ECC56 #3E6DCC #CC3EB4

square

#CC9D3E #3ECC56 #3E6DCC #CC3EB4

split-complementary

#CC9D3E #3EB4CC #563ECC

monochromatic

#72561E #A27B2B #CC9D3E #D9B66E #E6CE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CC9D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CC9D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D3E

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D3E	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)

#B19D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.124 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b978',
    500: '#cc9d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d3e;
$custom-light: #e0b978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.141,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72276,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D3E

secondary

#94A8D2

accent

#7AE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D3E

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

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