#CC8737#CC8737

#CC8737 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.126 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8737
RGB	rgb(204, 135, 55)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 19.47, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 55.42, 69.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% 0.0505 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.126 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2580, 30.4443, 7.6858)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8737 #377CCC

analogous

#CC3C37 #CC8737 #C6CC37

triadic

#CC8737 #37CC87 #8737CC

tetradic

#CC8737 #37CC3C #377CCC #CC37C6

square

#CC8737 #37CC3C #377CCC #CC37C6

split-complementary

#CC8737 #37C6CC #3C37CC

monochromatic

#6D471C #9E6728 #CC8737 #D8A468 #E5C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CC8737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#CC8737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8737

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8737	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 135, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.126 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa72',
    500: '#cc8737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8737;
$custom-light: #e1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.215,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67989,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8737

secondary

#8EADD0

accent

#8EE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8737

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

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