#CC9835#CC9835

#CC9835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.128 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9835
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 10.13, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 57.80, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% 0.0229 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.128 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7751, 35.5537, 8.2931)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9835 #3569CC

analogous

#CC4C35 #CC9835 #B4CC35

triadic

#CC9835 #35CC98 #9835CC

tetradic

#CC9835 #35CC4C #3569CC #CC35B4

square

#CC9835 #35CC4C #3569CC #CC35B4

split-complementary

#CC9835 #35B4CC #4C35CC

monochromatic

#6B501B #9C7427 #CC9835 #D8B166 #E5CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CC9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#CC9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9835

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9835	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b672',
    500: '#cc9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9835;
$custom-light: #e0b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.338,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71215,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9835

secondary

#8DA4D0

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9835

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

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