#CC9638#CC9638

#CC9638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9638
RGB	rgb(204, 150, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 11.35, 55.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 56.34, 78.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% 0.0268 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.126 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5244, 34.9384, 8.5607)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9638 #386ECC

analogous

#CC4C38 #CC9638 #B8CC38

triadic

#CC9638 #38CC96 #9638CC

tetradic

#CC9638 #38CC4C #386ECC #CC38B8

square

#CC9638 #38CC4C #386ECC #CC38B8

split-complementary

#CC9638 #38B8CC #4C38CC

monochromatic

#6E501C #9E7329 #CC9638 #D8B069 #E5C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CC9638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#CC9638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9638

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9638	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 150, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b474',
    500: '#cc9638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9638;
$custom-light: #e0b474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.108,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70849,
    "c": 0.12566,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9638

secondary

#8FA7D1

accent

#7FE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9638

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

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