#CC9435#CC9435

#CC9435 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9435
RGB	rgb(204, 148, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 12.30, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 57.26, 77.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0292 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.127 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1368, 34.2771, 8.0804)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9435 #356DCC

analogous

#CC4835 #CC9435 #B9CC35

triadic

#CC9435 #35CC94 #9435CC

tetradic

#CC9435 #35CC48 #356DCC #CC35B9

square

#CC9435 #35CC48 #356DCC #CC35B9

split-complementary

#CC9435 #35B9CC #4835CC

monochromatic

#6B4E1B #9C7127 #CC9435 #D8AE66 #E5C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CC9435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#CC9435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9435

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9435	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 148, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b372',
    500: '#cc9435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9435;
$custom-light: #e0b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.748,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70436,
    "c": 0.12713,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9435

secondary

#8DA6D0

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9435

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

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