#CC9F38#CC9F38

#CC9F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 84.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F38
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 6.49, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 57.82, 83.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% 0.0127 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.128 84.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0161, 37.9218, 9.0580)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F38 #3865CC

analogous

#CC5538 #CC9F38 #AFCC38

triadic

#CC9F38 #38CC9F #9F38CC

tetradic

#CC9F38 #38CC55 #3865CC #CC38AF

square

#CC9F38 #38CC55 #3865CC #CC38AF

split-complementary

#CC9F38 #38AFCC #5538CC

monochromatic

#6E551C #9E7A29 #CC9F38 #D8B769 #E5CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CC9F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F38

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F38	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 84.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb75',
    500: '#cc9f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f38;
$custom-light: #e0bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.757,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72623,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 84.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F38

secondary

#8FA3D1

accent

#75E245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F38

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

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