#CC9540#CC9540

#CC9540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9540
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 12.31, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 52.92, 76.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.73% 0.0307 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.73% 0.12 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5771, 34.7053, 9.6218)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9540 #4077CC

analogous

#CC4F40 #CC9540 #BDCC40

triadic

#CC9540 #40CC95 #9540CC

tetradic

#CC9540 #40CC4F #4077CC #CC40BD

square

#CC9540 #40CC4F #4077CC #CC40BD

split-complementary

#CC9540 #40BDCC #4F40CC

monochromatic

#73521F #A3742C #CC9540 #D9B070 #E6CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CC9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#CC9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9540

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9540	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b479',
    500: '#cc9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9540;
$custom-light: #e0b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70728,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9540

secondary

#95ADD2

accent

#83E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9540

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

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