#CC9538#CC9538

#CC9538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9538
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.45, 11.90, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.45, 56.21, 77.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0284 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.125 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3655, 34.6207, 8.5078)
Luminance	0.3462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9538 #386FCC

analogous

#CC4B38 #CC9538 #B9CC38

triadic

#CC9538 #38CC95 #9538CC

tetradic

#CC9538 #38CC4B #386FCC #CC38B9

square

#CC9538 #38CC4B #386FCC #CC38B9

split-complementary

#CC9538 #38B9CC #4B38CC

monochromatic

#6E4F1C #9E7329 #CC9538 #D8AF69 #E5C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CC9538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#CC9538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9538

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9538	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)

#AA972C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b474',
    500: '#cc9538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9538;
$custom-light: #e0b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.703,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70655,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9538

secondary

#8FA7D1

accent

#80E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9538

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

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