#CC9640#CC9640

#CC9640 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.120 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9640
RGB	rgb(204, 150, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 11.77, 51.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 53.05, 77.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0291 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.12 76)
XYZ	xyz(36.7360, 35.0230, 9.6748)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9640 #4076CC

analogous

#CC5040 #CC9640 #BCCC40

triadic

#CC9640 #40CC96 #9640CC

tetradic

#CC9640 #40CC50 #4076CC #CC40BC

square

#CC9640 #40CC50 #4076CC #CC40BC

split-complementary

#CC9640 #40BCCC #5040CC

monochromatic

#73521F #A3752C #CC9640 #D9B170 #E6CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CC9640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#CC9640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9640

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9640	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 150, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.120 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b479',
    500: '#cc9640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9640;
$custom-light: #e0b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70922,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.3502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9640

secondary

#95ADD2

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9640

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

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