#CC9138#CC9138

#CC9138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.125 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9138
RGB	rgb(204, 145, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 14.07, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 55.74, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% 0.0348 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.125 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7435, 33.3766, 8.3004)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9138 #3873CC

analogous

#CC4738 #CC9138 #BDCC38

triadic

#CC9138 #38CC91 #9138CC

tetradic

#CC9138 #38CC47 #3873CC #CC38BD

square

#CC9138 #38CC47 #3873CC #CC38BD

split-complementary

#CC9138 #38BDCC #4738CC

monochromatic

#6E4D1C #9E6F29 #CC9138 #D8AC69 #E5C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CC9138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#CC9138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9138

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9138	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 145, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.125 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b174',
    500: '#cc9138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9138;
$custom-light: #e0b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.081,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69883,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9138

secondary

#8FA9D1

accent

#84E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9138

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

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