#CC9D49#CC9D49

#CC9D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.116 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D49
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 8.52, 49.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 50.28, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0208 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.116 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1636, 37.4350, 11.5176)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D49 #4978CC

analogous

#CC5C49 #CC9D49 #BACC49

triadic

#CC9D49 #49CC9D #9D49CC

tetradic

#CC9D49 #49CC5C #4978CC #CC49BA

square

#CC9D49 #49CC5C #4978CC #CC49BA

split-complementary

#CC9D49 #49BACC #5C49CC

monochromatic

#795A22 #A97D2F #CC9D49 #D9B779 #E7D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CC9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D49

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D49	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09E40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.116 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb97f',
    500: '#cc9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d49;
$custom-light: #dfb97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72386,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D49

secondary

#9DB1D4

accent

#7FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D49

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

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