#CC9938#CC9938

#CC9938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9938
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 9.73, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 56.78, 80.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0221 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.126 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0093, 35.9081, 8.7224)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9938 #386BCC

analogous

#CC4F38 #CC9938 #B5CC38

triadic

#CC9938 #38CC99 #9938CC

tetradic

#CC9938 #38CC4F #386BCC #CC38B5

square

#CC9938 #38CC4F #386BCC #CC38B5

split-complementary

#CC9938 #38B5CC #4F38CC

monochromatic

#6E511C #9E7629 #CC9938 #D8B269 #E5CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CC9938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CC9938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9938

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9938	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)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b674',
    500: '#cc9938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9938;
$custom-light: #e0b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.324,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71436,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9938

secondary

#8FA6D1

accent

#7CE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9938

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

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