#CC9A35#CC9A35

#CC9A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.128 H 81.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9A35
RGB	rgb(204, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, 9.04, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 58.11, 81.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0197 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.128 81.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1025, 36.2084, 8.4022)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9A35 #3567CC

analogous

#CC4E35 #CC9A35 #B3CC35

triadic

#CC9A35 #35CC9A #9A35CC

tetradic

#CC9A35 #35CC4E #3567CC #CC35B3

square

#CC9A35 #35CC4E #3567CC #CC35B3

split-complementary

#CC9A35 #35B3CC #4E35CC

monochromatic

#6B511B #9C7627 #CC9A35 #D8B266 #E5CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CC9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#CC9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9A35

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9A35	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.128 81.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b773',
    500: '#cc9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9a35;
$custom-light: #e0b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.132,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 81.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9A35

secondary

#8DA3D0

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9A35

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

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