#CC9042#CC9042

#CC9042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.119 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9042
RGB	rgb(204, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.31, 15.15, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.31, 51.51, 72.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% 0.0393 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.119 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8609, 33.1802, 9.6689)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9042 #427ECC

analogous

#CC4B42 #CC9042 #C3CC42

triadic

#CC9042 #42CC90 #9042CC

tetradic

#CC9042 #42CC4B #427ECC #CC42C3

square

#CC9042 #42CC4B #427ECC #CC42C3

split-complementary

#CC9042 #42C3CC #4B42CC

monochromatic

#744F1F #A4702C #CC9042 #D9AC72 #E6C9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CC9042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#CC9042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9042

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9042	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.119 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b07a',
    500: '#cc9042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9042;
$custom-light: #e0b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69787,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9042

secondary

#97B1D3

accent

#8AE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9042

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

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