#CC8736#CC8736

#CC8736 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.127 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8736
RGB	rgb(204, 135, 54)
HSL	hsl(32, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 19.42, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 55.81, 69.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0502 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.127 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2343, 30.4348, 7.5609)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8736 #367BCC

analogous

#CC3C36 #CC8736 #C6CC36

triadic

#CC8736 #36CC87 #8736CC

tetradic

#CC8736 #36CC3C #367BCC #CC36C6

square

#CC8736 #36CC3C #367BCC #CC36C6

split-complementary

#CC8736 #36C6CC #3C36CC

monochromatic

#6C471B #9D6728 #CC8736 #D8A467 #E5C198

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CC8736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#CC8736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8736

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8736	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 135, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.127 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa72',
    500: '#cc8736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8736;
$custom-light: #e1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6798,
    "c": 0.12666,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8736

secondary

#8EACD0

accent

#8EE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8736

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

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