#CC9736#CC9736

#CC9736 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.127 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9736
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, 10.72, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 57.27, 79.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0247 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.127 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6367, 35.2398, 8.3617)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9736 #366BCC

analogous

#CC4C36 #CC9736 #B6CC36

triadic

#CC9736 #36CC97 #9736CC

tetradic

#CC9736 #36CC4C #366BCC #CC36B6

square

#CC9736 #36CC4C #366BCC #CC36B6

split-complementary

#CC9736 #36B6CC #4C36CC

monochromatic

#6C501B #9D7428 #CC9736 #D8B067 #E5CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CC9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#CC9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9736

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9736	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.127 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b573',
    500: '#cc9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9736;
$custom-light: #e0b573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71028,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9736

secondary

#8EA5D0

accent

#7DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9736

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

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