#CC9F49#CC9F49

#CC9F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.116 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F49
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 7.44, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 50.66, 81.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0176 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.116 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5047, 38.1173, 11.6314)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F49 #4976CC

analogous

#CC5E49 #CC9F49 #B8CC49

triadic

#CC9F49 #49CC9F #9F49CC

tetradic

#CC9F49 #49CC5E #4976CC #CC49B8

square

#CC9F49 #49CC5E #4976CC #CC49B8

split-complementary

#CC9F49 #49B8CC #5E49CC

monochromatic

#795B22 #A97F2F #CC9F49 #D9B879 #E7D1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#CC9F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F49

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F49	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)

#B29F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.116 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb7f',
    500: '#cc9f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f49;
$custom-light: #dfbb7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.389,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72782,
    "c": 0.11623,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F49

secondary

#9DB0D4

accent

#7CE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F49

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

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