#CC9440#CC9440

#CC9440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.120 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9440
RGB	rgb(204, 148, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, 12.86, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 52.79, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% 0.0323 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.12 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4195, 34.3902, 9.5693)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9440 #4078CC

analogous

#CC4E40 #CC9440 #BECC40

triadic

#CC9440 #40CC94 #9440CC

tetradic

#CC9440 #40CC4E #4078CC #CC40BE

square

#CC9440 #40CC4E #4078CC #CC40BE

split-complementary

#CC9440 #40BECC #4E40CC

monochromatic

#73511F #A3732C #CC9440 #D9AF70 #E6CAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CC9440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#CC9440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9440

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9440	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 148, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.120 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b379',
    500: '#cc9440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9440;
$custom-light: #e0b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70534,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9440

secondary

#95AED2

accent

#84E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9440

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

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