#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
RGBrgb(204, 159, 56)
HSLhsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.1%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.96, 6.49, 57.46)
CIE-LCHlch(67.96, 57.82, 83.56°)
OKLaboklab(72.62% 0.0127 0.1276)
OKLCHoklch(72.62% 0.128 84.3)
XYZxyz(38.0161, 37.9218, 9.0580)
Luminance0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC9F381.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

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

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#CC9F38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva