#CC9E3A#CC9E3A

#CC9E3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E3A
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 58)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 7.12, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 56.84, 82.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0148 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.127 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8947, 37.5992, 9.2637)
Luminance	0.3760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E3A #3A68CC

analogous

#CC553A #CC9E3A #B1CC3A

triadic

#CC9E3A #3ACC9E #9E3ACC

tetradic

#CC9E3A #3ACC55 #3A68CC #CC3AB1

square

#CC9E3A #3ACC55 #3A68CC #CC3AB1

split-complementary

#CC9E3A #3AB1CC #553ACC

monochromatic

#6F551D #A07A29 #CC9E3A #D9B66B #E5CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CC9E3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E3A

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E3A	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba76',
    500: '#cc9e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e3a;
$custom-light: #e0ba76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.096,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7244,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E3A

secondary

#91A5D1

accent

#77E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E3A

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

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