#CC9C40#CC9C40

#CC9C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.122 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C40
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(39, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, 8.52, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 54.00, 80.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0196 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.122 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7180, 36.9872, 10.0021)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C40 #4070CC

analogous

#CC5640 #CC9C40 #B6CC40

triadic

#CC9C40 #40CC9C #9C40CC

tetradic

#CC9C40 #40CC56 #4070CC #CC40B6

square

#CC9C40 #40CC56 #4070CC #CC40B6

split-complementary

#CC9C40 #40B6CC #5640CC

monochromatic

#73561F #A37A2C #CC9C40 #D9B570 #E6CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CC9C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C40

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C40	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.122 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b979',
    500: '#cc9c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c40;
$custom-light: #e0b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72097,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C40

secondary

#95AAD2

accent

#7CE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C40

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

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