#CC9036#CC9036

#CC9036 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9036
RGB	rgb(204, 144, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, 14.52, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 56.43, 75.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0358 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.126 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5435, 33.0532, 7.9972)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9036 #3672CC

analogous

#CC4536 #CC9036 #BDCC36

triadic

#CC9036 #36CC90 #9036CC

tetradic

#CC9036 #36CC45 #3672CC #CC36BD

square

#CC9036 #36CC45 #3672CC #CC36BD

split-complementary

#CC9036 #36BDCC #4536CC

monochromatic

#6C4C1B #9D6E28 #CC9036 #D8AB67 #E5C698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CC9036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#CC9036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9036

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9036	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 144, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b072',
    500: '#cc9036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9036;
$custom-light: #e0b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69675,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9036

secondary

#8EA8D0

accent

#84E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9036

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

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