#CC9F48#CC9F48

#CC9F48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.117 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F48
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 72)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.10, 7.37, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.10, 51.11, 81.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0173 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.117 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.4718, 38.1041, 11.4581)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F48 #4875CC

analogous

#CC5D48 #CC9F48 #B7CC48

triadic

#CC9F48 #48CC9F #9F48CC

tetradic

#CC9F48 #48CC5D #4875CC #CC48B7

square

#CC9F48 #48CC5D #4875CC #CC48B7

split-complementary

#CC9F48 #48B7CC #5D48CC

monochromatic

#785B21 #A87F2F #CC9F48 #D9B878 #E7D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CC9F48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F48

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F48	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)

#B29F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.117 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7e',
    500: '#cc9f48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f48;
$custom-light: #dfbb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72771,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F48

secondary

#9CAFD4

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F48

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

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