#CC9E40#CC9E40

#CC9E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.123 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E40
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 7.44, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 54.37, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.0165 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.123 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0564, 37.6639, 10.1149)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E40 #406ECC

analogous

#CC5840 #CC9E40 #B4CC40

triadic

#CC9E40 #40CC9E #9E40CC

tetradic

#CC9E40 #40CC58 #406ECC #CC40B4

square

#CC9E40 #40CC58 #406ECC #CC40B4

split-complementary

#CC9E40 #40B4CC #5840CC

monochromatic

#73571F #A37C2C #CC9E40 #D9B770 #E6CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CC9E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E40

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E40	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.123 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba79',
    500: '#cc9e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e40;
$custom-light: #e0ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72493,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E40

secondary

#95A9D2

accent

#79E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E40

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

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