#CC9E42#CC9E42

#CC9E42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E42
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 7.55, 52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 53.52, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0171 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.121 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1143, 37.6871, 10.4201)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E42 #4270CC

analogous

#CC5942 #CC9E42 #B5CC42

triadic

#CC9E42 #42CC9E #9E42CC

tetradic

#CC9E42 #42CC59 #4270CC #CC42B5

square

#CC9E42 #42CC59 #4270CC #CC42B5

split-complementary

#CC9E42 #42B5CC #5942CC

monochromatic

#74581F #A47C2C #CC9E42 #D9B772 #E6CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CC9E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E42

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E42	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba7b',
    500: '#cc9e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e42;
$custom-light: #dfba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.12112,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E42

secondary

#97ABD3

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E42

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

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