#CC9940#CC9940

#CC9940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.121 H 78.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9940
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 10.14, 52.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 53.50, 79.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% 0.0243 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.121 78.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2208, 35.9928, 9.8364)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9940 #4073CC

analogous

#CC5340 #CC9940 #B9CC40

triadic

#CC9940 #40CC99 #9940CC

tetradic

#CC9940 #40CC53 #4073CC #CC40B9

square

#CC9940 #40CC53 #4073CC #CC40B9

split-complementary

#CC9940 #40B9CC #5340CC

monochromatic

#73541F #A3782C #CC9940 #D9B370 #E6CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CC9940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9940

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9940	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.121 78.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b679',
    500: '#cc9940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9940;
$custom-light: #e0b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.12107,
    "h": 78.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9940

secondary

#95ACD2

accent

#7FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9940

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

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