#CC9F44#CC9F44

#CC9F44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.120 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F44
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 7.13, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 52.85, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% 0.0161 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.12 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3456, 38.0536, 10.7931)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F44 #4471CC

analogous

#CC5B44 #CC9F44 #B5CC44

triadic

#CC9F44 #44CC9F #9F44CC

tetradic

#CC9F44 #44CC5B #4471CC #CC44B5

square

#CC9F44 #44CC5B #4471CC #CC44B5

split-complementary

#CC9F44 #44B5CC #5B44CC

monochromatic

#765920 #A67E2D #CC9F44 #D9B874 #E6D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CC9F44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F44

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F44	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)

#B29F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.120 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7c',
    500: '#cc9f44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f44;
$custom-light: #dfbb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.147,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7273,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F44

secondary

#99ACD3

accent

#7AE047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F44

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

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