#CC9939#CC9939

#CC9939 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.126 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9939
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 57)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 9.78, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 56.38, 80.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% 0.0224 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.126 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0340, 35.9180, 8.8524)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9939 #396CCC

analogous

#CC4F39 #CC9939 #B5CC39

triadic

#CC9939 #39CC99 #9939CC

tetradic

#CC9939 #39CC4F #396CCC #CC39B5

square

#CC9939 #39CC4F #396CCC #CC39B5

split-complementary

#CC9939 #39B5CC #4F39CC

monochromatic

#6E521C #9F7629 #CC9939 #D9B26A #E5CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CC9939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CC9939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9939

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9939	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)

#AD9A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.126 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b675',
    500: '#cc9939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9939;
$custom-light: #e0b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.184,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71444,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9939

secondary

#90A6D1

accent

#7CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9939

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

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