#CC9935#CC9935

#CC9935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.128 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9935
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 9.59, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 57.95, 80.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% 0.0213 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.128 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9381, 35.8797, 8.3475)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9935 #3568CC

analogous

#CC4D35 #CC9935 #B4CC35

triadic

#CC9935 #35CC99 #9935CC

tetradic

#CC9935 #35CC4D #3568CC #CC35B4

square

#CC9935 #35CC4D #3568CC #CC35B4

split-complementary

#CC9935 #35B4CC #4D35CC

monochromatic

#6B501B #9C7527 #CC9935 #D8B266 #E5CA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CC9935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CC9935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9935

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9935	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.128 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b673',
    500: '#cc9935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9935;
$custom-light: #e0b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.735,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71411,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9935

secondary

#8DA3D0

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9935

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

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