#CC9840#CC9840

#CC9840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.121 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9840
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.26, 10.68, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.26, 53.34, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% 0.0259 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.121 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0578, 35.6668, 9.7821)
Luminance	0.3566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9840 #4074CC

analogous

#CC5240 #CC9840 #BACC40

triadic

#CC9840 #40CC98 #9840CC

tetradic

#CC9840 #40CC52 #4074CC #CC40BA

square

#CC9840 #40CC52 #4074CC #CC40BA

split-complementary

#CC9840 #40BACC #5240CC

monochromatic

#73541F #A3772C #CC9840 #D9B270 #E6CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CC9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#CC9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9840

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9840	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.121 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b679',
    500: '#cc9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9840;
$custom-light: #e0b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71311,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9840

secondary

#95ACD2

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9840

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

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