#CC8D36#CC8D36

#CC8D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.126 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8D36
RGB	rgb(204, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 16.15, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 56.16, 73.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0406 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.126 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0951, 32.1565, 7.8478)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8D36 #3675CC

analogous

#CC4236 #CC8D36 #C0CC36

triadic

#CC8D36 #36CC8D #8D36CC

tetradic

#CC8D36 #36CC42 #3675CC #CC36C0

square

#CC8D36 #36CC42 #3675CC #CC36C0

split-complementary

#CC8D36 #36C0CC #4236CC

monochromatic

#6C4A1B #9D6C28 #CC8D36 #D8A967 #E5C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CC8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CC8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8D36

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8D36	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.126 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ae72',
    500: '#cc8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8d36;
$custom-light: #e1ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69104,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8D36

secondary

#8EAAD0

accent

#87E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8D36

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

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