#CC9642#CC9642

#CC9642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.119 H 75.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9642
RGB	rgb(204, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 11.88, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 52.20, 76.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0297 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.119 75.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7939, 35.0462, 9.9799)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9642 #4278CC

analogous

#CC5142 #CC9642 #BDCC42

triadic

#CC9642 #42CC96 #9642CC

tetradic

#CC9642 #42CC51 #4278CC #CC42BD

square

#CC9642 #42CC51 #4278CC #CC42BD

split-complementary

#CC9642 #42BDCC #5142CC

monochromatic

#74531F #A4752C #CC9642 #D9B172 #E6CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CC9642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#CC9642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9642

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9642	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.119 75.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b47a',
    500: '#cc9642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9642;
$custom-light: #e0b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70942,
    "c": 0.11909,
    "h": 75.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9642

secondary

#97AED3

accent

#83E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9642

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

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