#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
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, 6.93, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 58.41, 83.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0138 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.129 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7969, 37.5601, 8.7484)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CC9E36	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #CC9E36

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

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