#CC9B38#CC9B38

#CC9B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC9B38
RGBrgb(204, 155, 56)
HSLhsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(66.95, 8.64, 56.44)
CIE-LCHlch(66.95, 57.10, 81.29°)
OKLaboklab(71.83% 0.019 0.1254)
OKLCHoklch(71.83% 0.127 81.4)
XYZxyz(37.3394, 36.5683, 8.8324)
Luminance0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC9B38 #3869CC
analogous
#CC5138 #CC9B38 #B3CC38
triadic
#CC9B38 #38CC9B #9B38CC
tetradic
#CC9B38 #38CC51 #3869CC #CC38B3
square
#CC9B38 #38CC51 #3869CC #CC38B3
split-complementary
#CC9B38 #38B3CC #5138CC
monochromatic
#6E531C #9E7729 #CC9B38 #D8B369 #E5CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53
#CC9B38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31
#CC9B38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B38
8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC9B38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CC9B381.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#AF9C2A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA83C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DD8C87
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 81.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b874',
    500: '#cc9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc9b38;
$custom-light: #e0b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.135,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71829,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC9B38
secondary
#8FA5D1
accent
#79E245
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FDF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161109
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B38

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

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#CC9B38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva