#CC9F40#CC9F40

#CC9F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F40
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, 6.90, 54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 54.56, 82.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% 0.0149 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.123 83)
XYZ	xyz(38.2276, 38.0064, 10.1720)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F40 #406DCC

analogous

#CC5940 #CC9F40 #B3CC40

triadic

#CC9F40 #40CC9F #9F40CC

tetradic

#CC9F40 #40CC59 #406DCC #CC40B3

square

#CC9F40 #40CC59 #406DCC #CC40B3

split-complementary

#CC9F40 #40B3CC #5940CC

monochromatic

#73581F #A37D2C #CC9F40 #D9B770 #E6D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#CC9F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F40

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F40	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb79',
    500: '#cc9f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f40;
$custom-light: #e0bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72692,
    "c": 0.1229,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.38004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F40

secondary

#95A9D2

accent

#78E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F40

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

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