#CC9F45#CC9F45

#CC9F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.119 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F45
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.07, 7.19, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.07, 52.42, 82.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0164 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.119 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3764, 38.0659, 10.9552)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F45 #4572CC

analogous

#CC5B45 #CC9F45 #B5CC45

triadic

#CC9F45 #45CC9F #9F45CC

tetradic

#CC9F45 #45CC5B #4572CC #CC45B5

square

#CC9F45 #45CC5B #4572CC #CC45B5

split-complementary

#CC9F45 #45B5CC #5B45CC

monochromatic

#765A20 #A67E2E #CC9F45 #D9B875 #E6D1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CC9F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F45

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F45	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)

#B29F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.119 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7d',
    500: '#cc9f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f45;
$custom-light: #dfbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.11927,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F45

secondary

#99ADD3

accent

#7AE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F45

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

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