#CC9F3A#CC9F3A

#CC9F3A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.127 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F3A
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 71.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 6.58, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 57.03, 83.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0132 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.127 84)
XYZ	xyz(38.0660, 37.9418, 9.3207)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F3A #3A67CC

analogous

#CC563A #CC9F3A #B0CC3A

triadic

#CC9F3A #3ACC9F #9F3ACC

tetradic

#CC9F3A #3ACC56 #3A67CC #CC3AB0

square

#CC9F3A #3ACC56 #3A67CC #CC3AB0

split-complementary

#CC9F3A #3AB0CC #563ACC

monochromatic

#6F561D #A07B29 #CC9F3A #D9B76B #E5CE9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CC9F3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F3A

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F3A	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.127 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb76',
    500: '#cc9f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f3a;
$custom-light: #e0bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.507,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72639,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.37939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F3A

secondary

#91A5D1

accent

#76E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F3A

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

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