#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
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.95, 6.39, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.95, 58.60, 83.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0122 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.129 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9682, 37.9026, 8.8055)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CC9F36	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #CC9F36

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

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