#CC9A40#CC9A40

#CC9A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9A40
RGB	rgb(204, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 9.60, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 53.66, 79.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% 0.0228 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.121 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3852, 36.3215, 9.8912)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9A40 #4072CC

analogous

#CC5440 #CC9A40 #B8CC40

triadic

#CC9A40 #40CC9A #9A40CC

tetradic

#CC9A40 #40CC54 #4072CC #CC40B8

square

#CC9A40 #40CC54 #4072CC #CC40B8

split-complementary

#CC9A40 #40B8CC #5440CC

monochromatic

#73551F #A3782C #CC9A40 #D9B470 #E6CDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CC9A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CC9A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9A40

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9A40	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b779',
    500: '#cc9a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9a40;
$custom-light: #e0b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71703,
    "c": 0.12131,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9A40

secondary

#95ABD2

accent

#7EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9A40

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

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