#CC9136#CC9136

#CC9136 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9136
RGB	rgb(204, 145, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.45, 13.98, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.45, 56.53, 75.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0342 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.126 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6956, 33.3575, 8.0480)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9136 #3671CC

analogous

#CC4636 #CC9136 #BCCC36

triadic

#CC9136 #36CC91 #9136CC

tetradic

#CC9136 #36CC46 #3671CC #CC36BC

square

#CC9136 #36CC46 #3671CC #CC36BC

split-complementary

#CC9136 #36BCCC #4636CC

monochromatic

#6C4C1B #9D6F28 #CC9136 #D8AC67 #E5C698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CC9136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#CC9136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9136

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9136	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 145, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b172',
    500: '#cc9136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9136;
$custom-light: #e0b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69866,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9136

secondary

#8EA8D0

accent

#83E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9136

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

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