#CC9235#CC9235

#CC9235 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9235
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, 13.39, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 57.02, 76.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% 0.0324 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.127 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8258, 33.6551, 7.9767)
Luminance	0.3365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9235 #356FCC

analogous

#CC4735 #CC9235 #BACC35

triadic

#CC9235 #35CC92 #9235CC

tetradic

#CC9235 #35CC47 #356FCC #CC35BA

square

#CC9235 #35CC47 #356FCC #CC35BA

split-complementary

#CC9235 #35BACC #4735CC

monochromatic

#6B4D1B #9C6F27 #CC9235 #D8AC66 #E5C797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CC9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#CC9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9235

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9235	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b172',
    500: '#cc9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9235;
$custom-light: #e0b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.954,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7005,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9235

secondary

#8DA7D0

accent

#82E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9235

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

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