#CC9B36#CC9B36

#CC9B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.128 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B36
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 8.55, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 57.89, 81.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% 0.0184 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.128 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2914, 36.5491, 8.5799)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B36 #3667CC

analogous

#CC5036 #CC9B36 #B2CC36

triadic

#CC9B36 #36CC9B #9B36CC

tetradic

#CC9B36 #36CC50 #3667CC #CC36B2

square

#CC9B36 #36CC50 #3667CC #CC36B2

split-complementary

#CC9B36 #36B2CC #5036CC

monochromatic

#6C521B #9D7728 #CC9B36 #D8B367 #E5CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CC9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CC9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B36

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B36	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.128 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b873',
    500: '#cc9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b36;
$custom-light: #e0b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71813,
    "c": 0.12809,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B36

secondary

#8EA3D0

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B36

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

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