#CC8936#CC8936

#CC8936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.126 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8936
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 18.33, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 55.90, 70.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.047 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.126 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5159, 30.9981, 7.6547)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8936 #3679CC

analogous

#CC3E36 #CC8936 #C4CC36

triadic

#CC8936 #36CC89 #8936CC

tetradic

#CC8936 #36CC3E #3679CC #CC36C4

square

#CC8936 #36CC3E #3679CC #CC36C4

split-complementary

#CC8936 #36C4CC #3E36CC

monochromatic

#6C481B #9D6928 #CC8936 #D8A667 #E5C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CC8936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CC8936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8936

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8936	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.126 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab72',
    500: '#cc8936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8936;
$custom-light: #e1ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68352,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8936

secondary

#8EABD0

accent

#8BE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8936

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

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