#CC9E35#CC9E35

#CC9E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E35
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 6.88, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 58.80, 83.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0135 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.13 84)
XYZ	xyz(37.7737, 37.5508, 8.6260)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E35 #3563CC

analogous

#CC5235 #CC9E35 #AECC35

triadic

#CC9E35 #35CC9E #9E35CC

tetradic

#CC9E35 #35CC52 #3563CC #CC35AE

square

#CC9E35 #35CC52 #3563CC #CC35AE

split-complementary

#CC9E35 #35AECC #5235CC

monochromatic

#6B531B #9C7927 #CC9E35 #D8B566 #E5CD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#CC9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E35

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E35	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba73',
    500: '#cc9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e35;
$custom-light: #e0ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.12969,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.37548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E35

secondary

#8DA1D0

accent

#75E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E35

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

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