#CC9237#CC9237

#CC9237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.126 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9237
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, 13.48, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 56.24, 76.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% 0.0329 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.126 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.8728, 33.6739, 8.2241)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9237 #3771CC

analogous

#CC4737 #CC9237 #BCCC37

triadic

#CC9237 #37CC92 #9237CC

tetradic

#CC9237 #37CC47 #3771CC #CC37BC

square

#CC9237 #37CC47 #3771CC #CC37BC

split-complementary

#CC9237 #37BCCC #4737CC

monochromatic

#6D4D1C #9E7028 #CC9237 #D8AD68 #E5C799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#CC9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#CC9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9237

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9237	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.126 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b173',
    500: '#cc9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9237;
$custom-light: #e0b173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.644,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70067,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9237

secondary

#8EA8D0

accent

#82E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9237

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

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