#CC9E43#CC9E43

#CC9E43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E43
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.80, 7.61, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.80, 53.09, 81.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0174 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.12 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1441, 37.6990, 10.5767)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E43 #4371CC

analogous

#CC5943 #CC9E43 #B5CC43

triadic

#CC9E43 #43CC9E #9E43CC

tetradic

#CC9E43 #43CC59 #4371CC #CC43B5

square

#CC9E43 #43CC59 #4371CC #CC43B5

split-complementary

#CC9E43 #43B5CC #5943CC

monochromatic

#755820 #A57D2D #CC9E43 #D9B773 #E6D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CC9E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E43

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E43	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)

#B19E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba7b',
    500: '#cc9e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e43;
$custom-light: #dfba7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.854,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E43

secondary

#98ACD3

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E43

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

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