#CC9542#CC9542

#CC9542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.119 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9542
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, 12.43, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 52.07, 76.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% 0.0313 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.119 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6350, 34.7284, 9.9270)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9542 #4279CC

analogous

#CC5042 #CC9542 #BECC42

triadic

#CC9542 #42CC95 #9542CC

tetradic

#CC9542 #42CC50 #4279CC #CC42BE

square

#CC9542 #42CC50 #4279CC #CC42BE

split-complementary

#CC9542 #42BECC #5042CC

monochromatic

#74521F #A4752C #CC9542 #D9B072 #E6CBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CC9542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CC9542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9542

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9542	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.119 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47a',
    500: '#cc9542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9542;
$custom-light: #e0b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70748,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9542

secondary

#97AFD3

accent

#84E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9542

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

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