#CC9140#CC9140

#CC9140 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.120 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9140
RGB	rgb(204, 145, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, 14.49, 50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 52.45, 73.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% 0.0371 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.12 72)
XYZ	xyz(35.9551, 33.4613, 9.4145)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9140 #407BCC

analogous

#CC4B40 #CC9140 #C1CC40

triadic

#CC9140 #40CC91 #9140CC

tetradic

#CC9140 #40CC4B #407BCC #CC40C1

square

#CC9140 #40CC4B #407BCC #CC40C1

split-complementary

#CC9140 #40C1CC #4B40CC

monochromatic

#734F1F #A3712C #CC9140 #D9AD70 #E6C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CC9140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#CC9140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9140

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9140	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 145, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.120 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b178',
    500: '#cc9140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9140;
$custom-light: #e0b178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69958,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.33458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9140

secondary

#95AFD2

accent

#88E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9140

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

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