#CC9739#CC9739

#CC9739 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.125 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9739
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 57)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 10.86, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 56.08, 78.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% 0.0255 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.125 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7094, 35.2688, 8.7442)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9739 #396ECC

analogous

#CC4D39 #CC9739 #B8CC39

triadic

#CC9739 #39CC97 #9739CC

tetradic

#CC9739 #39CC4D #396ECC #CC39B8

square

#CC9739 #39CC4D #396ECC #CC39B8

split-complementary

#CC9739 #39B8CC #4D39CC

monochromatic

#6E511C #9F7429 #CC9739 #D9B16A #E5CA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CC9739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#CC9739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9739

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9739	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)

#AB992D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.125 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b575',
    500: '#cc9739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9739;
$custom-light: #e0b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.367,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71052,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9739

secondary

#90A7D1

accent

#7EE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9739

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

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