#CC9D36#CC9D36

#CC9D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.129 H 83.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D36
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(41, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, 7.47, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 58.23, 82.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0153 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.129 83.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6270, 37.2204, 8.6918)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D36 #3665CC

analogous

#CC5236 #CC9D36 #B0CC36

triadic

#CC9D36 #36CC9D #9D36CC

tetradic

#CC9D36 #36CC52 #3665CC #CC36B0

square

#CC9D36 #36CC52 #3665CC #CC36B0

split-complementary

#CC9D36 #36B0CC #5236CC

monochromatic

#6C531B #9D7828 #CC9D36 #D8B567 #E5CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#CC9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D36

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D36	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.129 83.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b974',
    500: '#cc9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d36;
$custom-light: #e0b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72209,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 83.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D36

secondary

#8EA2D0

accent

#76E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D36

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

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