#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
RGBrgb(204, 137, 54)
HSLhsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(33, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 32.8%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(62.51, 18.33, 52.81)
CIE-LCHlch(62.51, 55.90, 70.85°)
OKLaboklab(68.35% 0.047 0.1173)
OKLCHoklch(68.35% 0.126 68.2)
XYZxyz(34.5159, 30.9981, 7.6547)
Luminance0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC89361.002.927.207.20
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2021.001.001.00
##0000007.2021.001.001.00

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

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#CC8936 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva