#CC9539#CC9539

#CC9539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9539
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, 11.95, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 55.80, 77.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% 0.0287 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.125 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3902, 34.6305, 8.6379)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9539 #3970CC

analogous

#CC4B39 #CC9539 #B9CC39

triadic

#CC9539 #39CC95 #9539CC

tetradic

#CC9539 #39CC4B #3970CC #CC39B9

square

#CC9539 #39CC4B #3970CC #CC39B9

split-complementary

#CC9539 #39B9CC #4B39CC

monochromatic

#6E501C #9F7329 #CC9539 #D9AF6A #E5C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CC9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#CC9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9539

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9539	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b475',
    500: '#cc9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9539;
$custom-light: #e0b475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70663,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9539

secondary

#90A8D1

accent

#80E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9539

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

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