#CC9037#CC9037

#CC9037 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.126 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9037
RGB	rgb(204, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, 14.57, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 56.03, 74.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0361 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.126 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5672, 33.0627, 8.1222)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9037 #3773CC

analogous

#CC4537 #CC9037 #BDCC37

triadic

#CC9037 #37CC90 #9037CC

tetradic

#CC9037 #37CC45 #3773CC #CC37BD

square

#CC9037 #37CC45 #3773CC #CC37BD

split-complementary

#CC9037 #37BDCC #4537CC

monochromatic

#6D4C1C #9E6E28 #CC9037 #D8AB68 #E5C699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#CC9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#CC9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9037

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9037	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.126 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b073',
    500: '#cc9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9037;
$custom-light: #e0b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.839,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69683,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9037

secondary

#8EA9D0

accent

#85E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9037

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

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