#CC9F31#CC9F31

#CC9F31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F31
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(43, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 76%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.92, 6.17, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.92, 60.48, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.011 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.132 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8567, 37.8581, 8.2186)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F31 #315ECC

analogous

#CC5231 #CC9F31 #ABCC31

triadic

#CC9F31 #31CC9F #9F31CC

tetradic

#CC9F31 #31CC52 #315ECC #CC31AB

square

#CC9F31 #31CC52 #315ECC #CC31AB

split-complementary

#CC9F31 #31ABCC #5231CC

monochromatic

#695219 #9B7925 #CC9F31 #D9B661 #E5CD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CC9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F31

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F31	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb71',
    500: '#cc9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f31;
$custom-light: #e0bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 61.265,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.13239,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F31

secondary

#899ED0

accent

#72E443

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F31

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

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