#CC9F3C#CC9F3C

#CC9F3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.126 H 83.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F3C
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 60)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 6.68, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 56.22, 83.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% 0.0138 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.126 83.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1179, 37.9625, 9.5939)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F3C #3C69CC

analogous

#CC573C #CC9F3C #B1CC3C

triadic

#CC9F3C #3CCC9F #9F3CCC

tetradic

#CC9F3C #3CCC57 #3C69CC #CC3CB1

square

#CC9F3C #3CCC57 #3C69CC #CC3CB1

split-complementary

#CC9F3C #3CB1CC #573CCC

monochromatic

#70561D #A17C2A #CC9F3C #D9B76D #E5CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CC9F3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F3C

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F3C	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	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)

#B29F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.126 83.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb77',
    500: '#cc9f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f3c;
$custom-light: #e0bb77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72656,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 83.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F3C

secondary

#92A6D1

accent

#77E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F3C

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

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