#CC9F42#CC9F42

#CC9F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F42
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 7.01, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 53.71, 82.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% 0.0155 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.121 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2856, 38.0296, 10.4772)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F42 #426FCC

analogous

#CC5A42 #CC9F42 #B4CC42

triadic

#CC9F42 #42CC9F #9F42CC

tetradic

#CC9F42 #42CC5A #426FCC #CC42B4

square

#CC9F42 #42CC5A #426FCC #CC42B4

split-complementary

#CC9F42 #42B4CC #5A42CC

monochromatic

#74591F #A47D2C #CC9F42 #D9B772 #E6D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CC9F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F42

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F42	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7b',
    500: '#cc9f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f42;
$custom-light: #dfbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72711,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F42

secondary

#97ABD3

accent

#79E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F42

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

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