#CC9E2D#CC9E2D

#CC9E2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.134 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E2D
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 45)
HSL	hsl(43, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 6.55, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 61.72, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0116 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.134 85)
XYZ	xyz(37.6048, 37.4833, 7.7365)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E2D #2D5BCC

analogous

#CC4F2D #CC9E2D #ABCC2D

triadic

#CC9E2D #2DCC9E #9E2DCC

tetradic

#CC9E2D #2DCC4F #2D5BCC #CC2DAB

square

#CC9E2D #2DCC4F #2D5BCC #CC2DAB

split-complementary

#CC9E2D #2DABCC #4F2DCC

monochromatic

#685017 #9A7722 #CC9E2D #DBB65B #E6CC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CC9E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E2D

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E2D	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.134 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba6f',
    500: '#cc9e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e2d;
$custom-light: #e0ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.642,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72345,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.37481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E2D

secondary

#859AD0

accent

#71E741

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E2D

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

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