#CC9B40#CC9B40

#CC9B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.122 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B40
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, 9.06, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 53.82, 80.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0212 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.122 80)
XYZ	xyz(37.5509, 36.6529, 9.9464)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B40 #4071CC

analogous

#CC5540 #CC9B40 #B7CC40

triadic

#CC9B40 #40CC9B #9B40CC

tetradic

#CC9B40 #40CC55 #4071CC #CC40B7

square

#CC9B40 #40CC55 #4071CC #CC40B7

split-complementary

#CC9B40 #40B7CC #5540CC

monochromatic

#73551F #A3792C #CC9B40 #D9B470 #E6CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#CC9B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#CC9B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B40

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B40	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.122 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b879',
    500: '#cc9b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b40;
$custom-light: #e0b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.719,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.3665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B40

secondary

#95ABD2

accent

#7DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B40

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

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