#CC9F36#CC9F36

#CC9F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC9F36
RGBrgb(204, 159, 54)
HSLhsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.1%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(67.95, 6.39, 58.25)
CIE-LCHlch(67.95, 58.60, 83.74°)
OKLaboklab(72.61% 0.0122 0.1289)
OKLCHoklch(72.61% 0.129 84.6)
XYZxyz(37.9682, 37.9026, 8.8055)
Luminance0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC9F36 #3663CC
analogous
#CC5436 #CC9F36 #AECC36
triadic
#CC9F36 #36CC9F #9F36CC
tetradic
#CC9F36 #36CC54 #3663CC #CC36AE
square
#CC9F36 #36CC54 #3663CC #CC36AE
split-complementary
#CC9F36 #36AECC #5436CC
monochromatic
#6C541B #9D7A28 #CC9F36 #D8B667 #E5CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45
#CC9F36 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58
#CC9F36 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F36
8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC9F36#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CC9F361.002.458.588.58
#FFFFFF2.451.0021.0021.00
#0000008.5821.001.001.00
##0000008.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B39F26
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BDAA3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DD908A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc9f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 84.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb74',
    500: '#cc9f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc9f36;
$custom-light: #e0bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc9f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.12947,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC9F36
secondary
#8EA2D0
accent
#74E345
background
#FEFBF7
surface
#FDF6ED
border
#D5D0C8
text
#161108
muted
#84807B

Preview Lab

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#CC9F36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva