#CC9F33#CC9F33

#CC9F33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.131 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F33
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, 6.26, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 59.74, 83.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0115 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.131 85)
XYZ	xyz(37.8999, 37.8753, 8.4458)
Luminance	0.3787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F33 #3360CC

analogous

#CC5333 #CC9F33 #ACCC33

triadic

#CC9F33 #33CC9F #9F33CC

tetradic

#CC9F33 #33CC53 #3360CC #CC33AC

square

#CC9F33 #33CC53 #3360CC #CC33AC

split-complementary

#CC9F33 #33ACCC #5333CC

monochromatic

#6A531B #9B7927 #CC9F33 #D8B664 #E4CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CC9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F33

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F33	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)

#B39F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.131 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb72',
    500: '#cc9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f33;
$custom-light: #e0bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72585,
    "c": 0.13125,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.37873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F33

secondary

#8B9FD0

accent

#73E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F33

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

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