#CC9838#CC9838

#CC9838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.126 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9838
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 10.27, 55.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 56.63, 79.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0237 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.126 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8463, 35.5822, 8.6680)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9838 #386CCC

analogous

#CC4E38 #CC9838 #B6CC38

triadic

#CC9838 #38CC98 #9838CC

tetradic

#CC9838 #38CC4E #386CCC #CC38B6

square

#CC9838 #38CC4E #386CCC #CC38B6

split-complementary

#CC9838 #38B6CC #4E38CC

monochromatic

#6E511C #9E7529 #CC9838 #D8B169 #E5CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CC9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#CC9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9838

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9838	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.126 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b674',
    500: '#cc9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9838;
$custom-light: #e0b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71239,
    "c": 0.12607,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9838

secondary

#8FA6D1

accent

#7DE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9838

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

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