#CC9B35#CC9B35

#CC9B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.129 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B35
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, 8.50, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 58.27, 81.61°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0182 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.129 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2682, 36.5398, 8.4575)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B35 #3566CC

analogous

#CC4F35 #CC9B35 #B1CC35

triadic

#CC9B35 #35CC9B #9B35CC

tetradic

#CC9B35 #35CC4F #3566CC #CC35B1

square

#CC9B35 #35CC4F #3566CC #CC35B1

split-complementary

#CC9B35 #35B1CC #4F35CC

monochromatic

#6B511B #9C7627 #CC9B35 #D8B366 #E5CB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CC9B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CC9B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B35

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B35	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.129 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b873',
    500: '#cc9b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b35;
$custom-light: #e0b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.53,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71805,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B35

secondary

#8DA3D0

accent

#78E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B35

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

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