#CC9842#CC9842

#CC9842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.119 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9842
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 10.80, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 52.49, 78.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% 0.0265 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.119 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1158, 35.6900, 10.0872)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9842 #4276CC

analogous

#CC5342 #CC9842 #BBCC42

triadic

#CC9842 #42CC98 #9842CC

tetradic

#CC9842 #42CC53 #4276CC #CC42BB

square

#CC9842 #42CC53 #4276CC #CC42BB

split-complementary

#CC9842 #42BBCC #5342CC

monochromatic

#74541F #A4772C #CC9842 #D9B272 #E6CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#CC9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#CC9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9842

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9842	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.119 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67a',
    500: '#cc9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9842;
$custom-light: #e0b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71331,
    "c": 0.11945,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9842

secondary

#97AED3

accent

#81E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9842

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →