#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
RGBrgb(204, 159, 52)
HSLhsl(42, 60%, 50%)
HSVhsv(42, 75%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.1%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.94, 6.30, 59.03)
CIE-LCHlch(67.94, 59.36, 83.91°)
OKLaboklab(72.59% 0.0117 0.1301)
OKLCHoklch(72.59% 0.131 84.9)
XYZxyz(37.9222, 37.8842, 8.5632)
Luminance0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##CC9F341.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#CC9F34 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva