#CC9E39#CC9E39

#CC9E39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E39
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 57)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, 7.07, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 57.24, 82.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0145 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.127 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8696, 37.5892, 9.1310)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E39 #3967CC

analogous

#CC5439 #CC9E39 #B1CC39

triadic

#CC9E39 #39CC9E #9E39CC

tetradic

#CC9E39 #39CC54 #3967CC #CC39B1

square

#CC9E39 #39CC54 #3967CC #CC39B1

split-complementary

#CC9E39 #39B1CC #5439CC

monochromatic

#6E551C #9F7A29 #CC9E39 #D9B66A #E5CE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CC9E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E39

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E39	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba75',
    500: '#cc9e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e39;
$custom-light: #e0ba75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.224,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E39

secondary

#90A4D1

accent

#77E246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E39

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

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