#CC9839#CC9839

#CC9839 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.125 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9839
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.21, 10.32, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.21, 56.23, 79.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0239 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.125 79)
XYZ	xyz(36.8710, 35.5920, 8.7981)
Luminance	0.3559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9839 #396DCC

analogous

#CC4E39 #CC9839 #B6CC39

triadic

#CC9839 #39CC98 #9839CC

tetradic

#CC9839 #39CC4E #396DCC #CC39B6

square

#CC9839 #39CC4E #396DCC #CC39B6

split-complementary

#CC9839 #39B6CC #4E39CC

monochromatic

#6E511C #9F7529 #CC9839 #D9B16A #E5CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CC9839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#CC9839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9839

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9839	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)

#AC992C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.125 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b675',
    500: '#cc9839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9839;
$custom-light: #e0b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71248,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.35589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9839

secondary

#90A7D1

accent

#7DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9839

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

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