#CC9E30#CC9E30

#CC9E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.133 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E30
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(42, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 76.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.66, 6.67, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.66, 60.66, 83.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0123 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.133 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6646, 37.5072, 8.0516)
Luminance	0.3750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E30 #305ECC

analogous

#CC5030 #CC9E30 #ACCC30

triadic

#CC9E30 #30CC9E #9E30CC

tetradic

#CC9E30 #30CC50 #305ECC #CC30AC

square

#CC9E30 #30CC50 #305ECC #CC30AC

split-complementary

#CC9E30 #30ACCC #5030CC

monochromatic

#695119 #9A7824 #CC9E30 #DAB660 #E5CC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#CC9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E30

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E30	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)

#B29E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.133 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba70',
    500: '#cc9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e30;
$custom-light: #e0ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72365,
    "c": 0.13257,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E30

secondary

#889DD0

accent

#73E543

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E30

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

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