#CC9040#CC9040

#CC9040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.120 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9040
RGB	rgb(204, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, 15.03, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 52.35, 73.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% 0.0387 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.12 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8029, 33.1570, 9.3638)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9040 #407CCC

analogous

#CC4A40 #CC9040 #C2CC40

triadic

#CC9040 #40CC90 #9040CC

tetradic

#CC9040 #40CC4A #407CCC #CC40C2

square

#CC9040 #40CC4A #407CCC #CC40C2

split-complementary

#CC9040 #40C2CC #4A40CC

monochromatic

#734F1F #A3702C #CC9040 #D9AC70 #E6C8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CC9040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#CC9040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9040

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9040	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.120 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b078',
    500: '#cc9040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9040;
$custom-light: #e0b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69767,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9040

secondary

#95B0D2

accent

#89E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9040

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

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