#CC9E36#CC9E36

#CC9E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.129 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC9E36
RGBrgb(204, 158, 54)
HSLhsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.5%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.70, 6.93, 58.00)
CIE-LCHlch(67.70, 58.41, 83.19°)
OKLaboklab(72.41% 0.0138 0.1284)
OKLCHoklch(72.41% 0.129 83.9)
XYZxyz(37.7969, 37.5601, 8.7484)
Luminance0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC9E36 #3664CC
analogous
#CC5336 #CC9E36 #AFCC36
triadic
#CC9E36 #36CC9E #9E36CC
tetradic
#CC9E36 #36CC53 #3664CC #CC36AF
square
#CC9E36 #36CC53 #3664CC #CC36AF
split-complementary
#CC9E36 #36AFCC #5336CC
monochromatic
#6C531B #9D7928 #CC9E36 #D8B667 #E5CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47
#CC9E36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51
#CC9E36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E36
8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC9E36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CC9E361.002.478.518.51
#FFFFFF2.471.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5121.001.001.00
##0000008.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAA3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DD8F89
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.129 83.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba74',
    500: '#cc9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc9e36;
$custom-light: #e0ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72408,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC9E36
secondary
#8EA2D0
accent
#75E345
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FDF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161108
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#CC9E36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva