#CC9942#CC9942

#CC9942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.120 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9942
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 10.26, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 52.65, 78.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0249 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.12 78)
XYZ	xyz(37.2787, 36.0159, 10.1415)
Luminance	0.3601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9942 #4275CC

analogous

#CC5442 #CC9942 #BACC42

triadic

#CC9942 #42CC99 #9942CC

tetradic

#CC9942 #42CC54 #4275CC #CC42BA

square

#CC9942 #42CC54 #4275CC #CC42BA

split-complementary

#CC9942 #42BACC #5442CC

monochromatic

#74551F #A4782C #CC9942 #D9B372 #E6CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CC9942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9942

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9942	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)

#AD9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.120 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b67a',
    500: '#cc9942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9942;
$custom-light: #e0b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71526,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.36013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9942

secondary

#97ADD3

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9942

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

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