#CC9836#CC9836

#CC9836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9836
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(39, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, 10.17, 56.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 57.41, 79.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.0231 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.127 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7984, 35.5630, 8.4155)
Luminance	0.3556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9836 #366ACC

analogous

#CC4D36 #CC9836 #B5CC36

triadic

#CC9836 #36CC98 #9836CC

tetradic

#CC9836 #36CC4D #366ACC #CC36B5

square

#CC9836 #36CC4D #366ACC #CC36B5

split-complementary

#CC9836 #36B5CC #4D36CC

monochromatic

#6C501B #9D7428 #CC9836 #D8B167 #E5CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CC9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#CC9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9836

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9836	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b673',
    500: '#cc9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9836;
$custom-light: #e0b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71223,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9836

secondary

#8EA5D0

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9836

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

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