#CC9742#CC9742

#CC9742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.119 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9742
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, 11.34, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 52.34, 77.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0281 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.119 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9541, 35.3667, 10.0333)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9742 #4277CC

analogous

#CC5242 #CC9742 #BCCC42

triadic

#CC9742 #42CC97 #9742CC

tetradic

#CC9742 #42CC52 #4277CC #CC42BC

square

#CC9742 #42CC52 #4277CC #CC42BC

split-complementary

#CC9742 #42BCCC #5242CC

monochromatic

#74541F #A4762C #CC9742 #D9B272 #E6CCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CC9742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#CC9742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9742

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9742	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)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.119 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b57a',
    500: '#cc9742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9742;
$custom-light: #e0b57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71136,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9742

secondary

#97AED3

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9742

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

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