#CC9D50#CC9D50

#CC9D50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.110 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D50
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 80)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 8.99, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 47.13, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0231 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.11 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4089, 37.5331, 12.8095)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D50 #507FCC

analogous

#CC5F50 #CC9D50 #BDCC50

triadic

#CC9D50 #50CC9D #9D50CC

tetradic

#CC9D50 #50CC5F #507FCC #CC50BD

square

#CC9D50 #50CC5F #507FCC #CC50BD

split-complementary

#CC9D50 #50BDCC #5F50CC

monochromatic

#7D5C24 #AD7E32 #CC9D50 #DAB87F #E8D2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CC9D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D50

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D50	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.110 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb983',
    500: '#cc9d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d50;
$custom-light: #dfb983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.258,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72467,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D50

secondary

#A2B6D6

accent

#82DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D50

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

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