#CC9442#CC9442

#CC9442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9442
RGB	rgb(204, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 12.97, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 51.94, 75.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% 0.0329 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.119 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4775, 34.4134, 9.8744)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9442 #427ACC

analogous

#CC4F42 #CC9442 #BFCC42

triadic

#CC9442 #42CC94 #9442CC

tetradic

#CC9442 #42CC4F #427ACC #CC42BF

square

#CC9442 #42CC4F #427ACC #CC42BF

split-complementary

#CC9442 #42BFCC #4F42CC

monochromatic

#74521F #A4742C #CC9442 #D9AF72 #E6CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#CC9442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#CC9442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9442

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9442	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#A89739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b37a',
    500: '#cc9442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9442;
$custom-light: #e0b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70554,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9442

secondary

#97AFD3

accent

#85E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9442

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

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