#CC9E34#CC9E34

#CC9E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 84.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E34
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.68, 6.84, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.68, 59.18, 83.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0133 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.13 84.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7509, 37.5417, 8.5061)
Luminance	0.3754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E34 #3462CC

analogous

#CC5234 #CC9E34 #AECC34

triadic

#CC9E34 #34CC9E #9E34CC

tetradic

#CC9E34 #34CC52 #3462CC #CC34AE

square

#CC9E34 #34CC52 #3462CC #CC34AE

split-complementary

#CC9E34 #34AECC #5234CC

monochromatic

#6B531B #9C7827 #CC9E34 #D8B565 #E5CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CC9E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E34

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E34	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)

#B29E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 84.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba73',
    500: '#cc9e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e34;
$custom-light: #e0ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72393,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 84.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E34

secondary

#8CA0D0

accent

#75E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E34

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

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