#CC9F3D#CC9F3D

#CC9F3D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.125 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F3D
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 61)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 70.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 6.74, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 55.81, 83.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% 0.014 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.125 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1446, 37.9732, 9.7345)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F3D #3D6ACC

analogous

#CC583D #CC9F3D #B1CC3D

triadic

#CC9F3D #3DCC9F #9F3DCC

tetradic

#CC9F3D #3DCC58 #3D6ACC #CC3DB1

square

#CC9F3D #3DCC58 #3D6ACC #CC3DB1

split-complementary

#CC9F3D #3DB1CC #583DCC

monochromatic

#71571E #A17C2A #CC9F3D #D9B76D #E5CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CC9F3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F3D

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F3D	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)

#B29F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.125 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb78',
    500: '#cc9f3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f3d;
$custom-light: #e0bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.119,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72665,
    "c": 0.12496,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F3D

secondary

#93A7D2

accent

#77E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F3D

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

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