#CC9D40#CC9D40

#CC9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.122 H 81.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D40
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, 7.98, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 54.18, 81.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.018 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.122 81.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8865, 37.3241, 10.0583)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D40 #406FCC

analogous

#CC5740 #CC9D40 #B5CC40

triadic

#CC9D40 #40CC9D #9D40CC

tetradic

#CC9D40 #40CC57 #406FCC #CC40B5

square

#CC9D40 #40CC57 #406FCC #CC40B5

split-complementary

#CC9D40 #40B5CC #5740CC

monochromatic

#73571F #A37B2C #CC9D40 #D9B670 #E6CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CC9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CC9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D40

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D40	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.122 81.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b979',
    500: '#cc9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d40;
$custom-light: #e0b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 81.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D40

secondary

#95AAD2

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D40

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

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