#CC9137#CC9137

#CC9137 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.126 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9137
RGB	rgb(204, 145, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, 14.02, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 56.13, 75.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.87% 0.0345 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(69.87% 0.126 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7193, 33.3670, 8.1729)
Luminance	0.3336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9137 #3772CC

analogous

#CC4637 #CC9137 #BCCC37

triadic

#CC9137 #37CC91 #9137CC

tetradic

#CC9137 #37CC46 #3772CC #CC37BC

square

#CC9137 #37CC46 #3772CC #CC37BC

split-complementary

#CC9137 #37BCCC #4637CC

monochromatic

#6D4D1C #9E6F28 #CC9137 #D8AC68 #E5C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#CC9137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#CC9137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9137

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9137	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6942B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE827E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 145, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.126 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b173',
    500: '#cc9137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9137;
$custom-light: #e0b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.242,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69874,
    "c": 0.12563,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9137

secondary

#8EA9D0

accent

#84E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9137

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

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