#CC9F35#CC9F35

#CC9F35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.130 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F35
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 6.35, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 58.98, 83.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% 0.0119 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.13 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9449, 37.8933, 8.6831)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F35 #3562CC

analogous

#CC5335 #CC9F35 #AECC35

triadic

#CC9F35 #35CC9F #9F35CC

tetradic

#CC9F35 #35CC53 #3562CC #CC35AE

square

#CC9F35 #35CC53 #3562CC #CC35AE

split-complementary

#CC9F35 #35AECC #5335CC

monochromatic

#6B541B #9C7A27 #CC9F35 #D8B666 #E5CD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CC9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F35

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F35	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)

#B39F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.130 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb73',
    500: '#cc9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f35;
$custom-light: #e0bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.726,
    "c": 0.13007,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F35

secondary

#8DA1D0

accent

#74E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F35

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

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