#CC9438#CC9438

#CC9438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.125 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9438
RGB	rgb(204, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 12.44, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 56.08, 77.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.03 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.125 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2080, 34.3056, 8.4553)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9438 #3870CC

analogous

#CC4A38 #CC9438 #BACC38

triadic

#CC9438 #38CC94 #9438CC

tetradic

#CC9438 #38CC4A #3870CC #CC38BA

square

#CC9438 #38CC4A #3870CC #CC38BA

split-complementary

#CC9438 #38BACC #4A38CC

monochromatic

#6E4F1C #9E7229 #CC9438 #D8AE69 #E5C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CC9438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#CC9438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9438

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9438	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.125 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b374',
    500: '#cc9438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9438;
$custom-light: #e0b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70461,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9438

secondary

#8FA8D1

accent

#81E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9438

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

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