#CC9436#CC9436

#CC9436 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9436
RGB	rgb(204, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, 12.35, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 56.87, 77.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% 0.0295 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.127 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1601, 34.2864, 8.2028)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9436 #366ECC

analogous

#CC4936 #CC9436 #B9CC36

triadic

#CC9436 #36CC94 #9436CC

tetradic

#CC9436 #36CC49 #366ECC #CC36B9

square

#CC9436 #36CC49 #366ECC #CC36B9

split-complementary

#CC9436 #36B9CC #4936CC

monochromatic

#6C4E1B #9D7128 #CC9436 #D8AE67 #E5C898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CC9436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#CC9436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9436

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9436	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b373',
    500: '#cc9436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9436;
$custom-light: #e0b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70444,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9436

secondary

#8EA6D0

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9436

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →