#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
RGBrgb(204, 150, 56)
HSLhsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 26.5%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(65.70, 11.35, 55.18)
CIE-LCHlch(65.70, 56.34, 78.37°)
OKLaboklab(70.85% 0.0268 0.1228)
OKLCHoklch(70.85% 0.126 77.7)
XYZxyz(36.5244, 34.9384, 8.5607)
Luminance0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC96381.002.637.997.99
#FFFFFF2.631.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9921.001.001.00
##0000007.9921.001.001.00

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

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#CC9638 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva