#CC9E45#CC9E45

#CC9E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E45
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, 7.73, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 52.23, 81.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.018 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.119 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2051, 37.7234, 10.8982)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E45 #4573CC

analogous

#CC5A45 #CC9E45 #B6CC45

triadic

#CC9E45 #45CC9E #9E45CC

tetradic

#CC9E45 #45CC5A #4573CC #CC45B6

square

#CC9E45 #45CC5A #4573CC #CC45B6

split-complementary

#CC9E45 #45B6CC #5A45CC

monochromatic

#765920 #A67D2E #CC9E45 #D9B775 #E6D0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#CC9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E45

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E45	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)

#B19E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba7c',
    500: '#cc9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e45;
$custom-light: #dfba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E45

secondary

#99ADD3

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E45

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

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