#CC9039#CC9039

#CC9039 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.124 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9039
RGB	rgb(204, 144, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, 14.66, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 55.23, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.7% 0.0366 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(69.7% 0.124 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.6161, 33.0823, 8.3798)
Luminance	0.3308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9039 #3975CC

analogous

#CC4639 #CC9039 #BECC39

triadic

#CC9039 #39CC90 #9039CC

tetradic

#CC9039 #39CC46 #3975CC #CC39BE

square

#CC9039 #39CC46 #3975CC #CC39BE

split-complementary

#CC9039 #39BECC #4639CC

monochromatic

#6E4D1C #9F6F29 #CC9039 #D9AB6A #E5C79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CC9039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#CC9039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9039

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9039	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 144, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.124 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b074',
    500: '#cc9039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9039;
$custom-light: #e0b074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.51,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.697,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9039

secondary

#90AAD1

accent

#86E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9039

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

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