#CC9738#CC9738

#CC9738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9738
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, 10.81, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 56.48, 78.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0253 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.126 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6847, 35.2589, 8.6142)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9738 #386DCC

analogous

#CC4D38 #CC9738 #B7CC38

triadic

#CC9738 #38CC97 #9738CC

tetradic

#CC9738 #38CC4D #386DCC #CC38B7

square

#CC9738 #38CC4D #386DCC #CC38B7

split-complementary

#CC9738 #38B7CC #4D38CC

monochromatic

#6E501C #9E7429 #CC9738 #D8B069 #E5CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CC9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#CC9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9738

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9738	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b574',
    500: '#cc9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9738;
$custom-light: #e0b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.514,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71044,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9738

secondary

#8FA7D1

accent

#7EE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9738

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

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