#CC9E44#CC9E44

#CC9E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.120 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E44
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, 7.67, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 52.66, 81.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0177 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.12 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1743, 37.7111, 10.7361)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E44 #4472CC

analogous

#CC5A44 #CC9E44 #B6CC44

triadic

#CC9E44 #44CC9E #9E44CC

tetradic

#CC9E44 #44CC5A #4472CC #CC44B6

square

#CC9E44 #44CC5A #4472CC #CC44B6

split-complementary

#CC9E44 #44B6CC #5A44CC

monochromatic

#765920 #A67D2D #CC9E44 #D9B774 #E6D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CC9E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E44

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E44	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)

#B19E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.120 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba7c',
    500: '#cc9e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e44;
$custom-light: #dfba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72532,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E44

secondary

#99ACD3

accent

#7BE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E44

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

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