#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
RGBrgb(204, 156, 54)
HSLhsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.5%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.19, 8.01, 57.50)
CIE-LCHlch(67.19, 58.06, 82.07°)
OKLaboklab(72.01% 0.0169 0.1273)
OKLCHoklch(72.01% 0.128 82.5)
XYZxyz(37.4585, 36.8834, 8.6356)
Luminance0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC9C361.002.518.388.38
#FFFFFF2.511.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3821.001.001.00
##0000008.3821.001.001.00

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

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#CC9C36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva