#CC9740#CC9740

#CC9740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.121 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9740
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 11.23, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 53.19, 77.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% 0.0275 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.121 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.8962, 35.3435, 9.7282)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9740 #4075CC

analogous

#CC5140 #CC9740 #BBCC40

triadic

#CC9740 #40CC97 #9740CC

tetradic

#CC9740 #40CC51 #4075CC #CC40BB

square

#CC9740 #40CC51 #4075CC #CC40BB

split-complementary

#CC9740 #40BBCC #5140CC

monochromatic

#73531F #A3762C #CC9740 #D9B170 #E6CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CC9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#CC9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9740

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9740	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.121 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b579',
    500: '#cc9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9740;
$custom-light: #e0b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71116,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9740

secondary

#95ADD2

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9740

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

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