#CC9238#CC9238

#CC9238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.125 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9238
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, 13.53, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 55.84, 75.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% 0.0332 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.125 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8970, 33.6836, 8.3516)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9238 #3872CC

analogous

#CC4838 #CC9238 #BCCC38

triadic

#CC9238 #38CC92 #9238CC

tetradic

#CC9238 #38CC48 #3872CC #CC38BC

square

#CC9238 #38CC48 #3872CC #CC38BC

split-complementary

#CC9238 #38BCCC #4838CC

monochromatic

#6E4E1C #9E7029 #CC9238 #D8AD69 #E5C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CC9238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#CC9238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9238

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9238	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.125 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b174',
    500: '#cc9238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9238;
$custom-light: #e0b174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.486,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70075,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9238

secondary

#8FA9D1

accent

#83E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9238

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

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