#CC9535#CC9535

#CC9535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9535
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.43, 11.76, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.43, 57.39, 78.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0276 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.127 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2944, 34.5922, 8.1329)
Luminance	0.3459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9535 #356CCC

analogous

#CC4A35 #CC9535 #B7CC35

triadic

#CC9535 #35CC95 #9535CC

tetradic

#CC9535 #35CC4A #356CCC #CC35B7

square

#CC9535 #35CC4A #356CCC #CC35B7

split-complementary

#CC9535 #35B7CC #4A35CC

monochromatic

#6B4E1B #9C7227 #CC9535 #D8AF66 #E5C897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CC9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#CC9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9535

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9535	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b472',
    500: '#cc9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9535;
$custom-light: #e0b472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.146,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7063,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9535

secondary

#8DA5D0

accent

#7EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9535

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

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