#CC9F34#CC9F34

#CC9F34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.131 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F34
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 6.30, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 59.36, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0117 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.131 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9222, 37.8842, 8.5632)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F34 #3461CC

analogous

#CC5334 #CC9F34 #ADCC34

triadic

#CC9F34 #34CC9F #9F34CC

tetradic

#CC9F34 #34CC53 #3461CC #CC34AD

square

#CC9F34 #34CC53 #3461CC #CC34AD

split-complementary

#CC9F34 #34ADCC #5334CC

monochromatic

#6B531B #9C7927 #CC9F34 #D8B665 #E5CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CC9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F34

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F34	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.131 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb73',
    500: '#cc9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f34;
$custom-light: #e0bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F34

secondary

#8CA0D0

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F34

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

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