#CC9536#CC9536

#CC9536 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.127 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9536
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 11.80, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 57.00, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% 0.0279 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.127 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3176, 34.6015, 8.2553)
Luminance	0.3460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9536 #366DCC

analogous

#CC4A36 #CC9536 #B8CC36

triadic

#CC9536 #36CC95 #9536CC

tetradic

#CC9536 #36CC4A #366DCC #CC36B8

square

#CC9536 #36CC4A #366DCC #CC36B8

split-complementary

#CC9536 #36B8CC #4A36CC

monochromatic

#6C4F1B #9D7228 #CC9536 #D8AF67 #E5C898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CC9536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#CC9536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9536

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9536	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.127 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b473',
    500: '#cc9536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9536;
$custom-light: #e0b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70638,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9536

secondary

#8EA6D0

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9536

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

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