#CC9142#CC9142

#CC9142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.119 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9142
RGB	rgb(204, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 14.60, 49.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 51.61, 73.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% 0.0377 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.119 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0130, 33.4844, 9.7196)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9142 #427DCC

analogous

#CC4C42 #CC9142 #C2CC42

triadic

#CC9142 #42CC91 #9142CC

tetradic

#CC9142 #42CC4C #427DCC #CC42C2

square

#CC9142 #42CC4C #427DCC #CC42C2

split-complementary

#CC9142 #42C2CC #4C42CC

monochromatic

#74501F #A4712C #CC9142 #D9AD72 #E6C9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#CC9142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#CC9142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9142

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9142	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.119 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b17a',
    500: '#cc9142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9142;
$custom-light: #e0b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69978,
    "c": 0.11863,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9142

secondary

#97B1D3

accent

#89E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9142

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

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