#CC9C36#CC9C36

#CC9C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C36
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 8.01, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 58.06, 82.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0169 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.128 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.4585, 36.8834, 8.6356)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C36 #3666CC

analogous

#CC5136 #CC9C36 #B1CC36

triadic

#CC9C36 #36CC9C #9C36CC

tetradic

#CC9C36 #36CC51 #3666CC #CC36B1

square

#CC9C36 #36CC51 #3666CC #CC36B1

split-complementary

#CC9C36 #36B1CC #5136CC

monochromatic

#6C521B #9D7728 #CC9C36 #D8B467 #E5CC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CC9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C36

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C36	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b873',
    500: '#cc9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c36;
$custom-light: #e0b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C36

secondary

#8EA3D0

accent

#78E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C36

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

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