#CC9639#CC9639

#CC9639 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9639
RGB	rgb(204, 150, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.71, 11.40, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.71, 55.94, 78.24°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0271 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.125 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5491, 34.9483, 8.6908)
Luminance	0.3494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9639 #396FCC

analogous

#CC4C39 #CC9639 #B8CC39

triadic

#CC9639 #39CC96 #9639CC

tetradic

#CC9639 #39CC4C #396FCC #CC39B8

square

#CC9639 #39CC4C #396FCC #CC39B8

split-complementary

#CC9639 #39B8CC #4C39CC

monochromatic

#6E501C #9F7429 #CC9639 #D9B06A #E5CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CC9639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#CC9639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9639

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9639	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)

#AA982D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 150, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b475',
    500: '#cc9639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9639;
$custom-light: #e0b475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.959,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70858,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9639

secondary

#90A8D1

accent

#7FE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9639

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

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