#CC9F46#CC9F46

#CC9F46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.119 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F46
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 70)
HSL	hsl(40, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, 7.25, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 51.98, 81.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% 0.0167 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.119 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4077, 38.0784, 11.1201)
Luminance	0.3808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F46 #4673CC

analogous

#CC5C46 #CC9F46 #B6CC46

triadic

#CC9F46 #46CC9F #9F46CC

tetradic

#CC9F46 #46CC5C #4673CC #CC46B6

square

#CC9F46 #46CC5C #4673CC #CC46B6

split-complementary

#CC9F46 #46B6CC #5C46CC

monochromatic

#775A21 #A77E2E #CC9F46 #D9B876 #E6D1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CC9F46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F46

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F46	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.119 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7d',
    500: '#cc9f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f46;
$custom-light: #dfbb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7275,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F46

secondary

#9AADD4

accent

#7BE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F46

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

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