#CC9236#CC9236

#CC9236 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.126 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9236
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 13.43, 55.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 56.63, 76.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% 0.0326 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.126 75)
XYZ	xyz(35.8491, 33.6644, 8.0991)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9236 #3670CC

analogous

#CC4736 #CC9236 #BBCC36

triadic

#CC9236 #36CC92 #9236CC

tetradic

#CC9236 #36CC47 #3670CC #CC36BB

square

#CC9236 #36CC47 #3670CC #CC36BB

split-complementary

#CC9236 #36BBCC #4736CC

monochromatic

#6C4D1B #9D7028 #CC9236 #D8AC67 #E5C798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CC9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#CC9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9236

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9236	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.126 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b173',
    500: '#cc9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9236;
$custom-light: #e0b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70058,
    "c": 0.1263,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.33661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9236

secondary

#8EA7D0

accent

#82E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9236

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

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