#CC9F43#CC9F43

#CC9F43 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F43
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 67)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 7.07, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 53.28, 82.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.72% 0.0158 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(72.72% 0.121 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3153, 38.0415, 10.6338)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F43 #4370CC

analogous

#CC5A43 #CC9F43 #B4CC43

triadic

#CC9F43 #43CC9F #9F43CC

tetradic

#CC9F43 #43CC5A #4370CC #CC43B4

square

#CC9F43 #43CC5A #4370CC #CC43B4

split-complementary

#CC9F43 #43B4CC #5A43CC

monochromatic

#755920 #A57E2D #CC9F43 #D9B873 #E6D0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CC9F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F43

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F43	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)

#B29F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7b',
    500: '#cc9f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f43;
$custom-light: #dfbb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.292,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7272,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F43

secondary

#98ABD3

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F43

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

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