#CC9E49#CC9E49

#CC9E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.116 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E49
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 7.98, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 50.47, 80.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0192 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.116 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3335, 37.7747, 11.5743)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E49 #4977CC

analogous

#CC5D49 #CC9E49 #B9CC49

triadic

#CC9E49 #49CC9E #9E49CC

tetradic

#CC9E49 #49CC5D #4977CC #CC49B9

square

#CC9E49 #49CC5D #4977CC #CC49B9

split-complementary

#CC9E49 #49B9CC #5D49CC

monochromatic

#795A22 #A97E2F #CC9E49 #D9B779 #E7D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#CC9E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E49

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E49	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.116 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba7f',
    500: '#cc9e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e49;
$custom-light: #dfba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.931,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72584,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E49

secondary

#9DB0D4

accent

#7DE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E49

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

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