#CC9240#CC9240

#CC9240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.120 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9240
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, 13.94, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 52.56, 74.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0355 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.12 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1085, 33.7682, 9.4657)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9240 #407ACC

analogous

#CC4C40 #CC9240 #C0CC40

triadic

#CC9240 #40CC92 #9240CC

tetradic

#CC9240 #40CC4C #407ACC #CC40C0

square

#CC9240 #40CC4C #407ACC #CC40C0

split-complementary

#CC9240 #40C0CC #4C40CC

monochromatic

#73501F #A3722C #CC9240 #D9AE70 #E6C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CC9240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#CC9240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9240

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9240	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.120 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b179',
    500: '#cc9240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9240;
$custom-light: #e0b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70149,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9240

secondary

#95AFD2

accent

#87E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9240

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

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