#CC9437#CC9437

#CC9437 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.126 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9437
RGB	rgb(204, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, 12.39, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 56.48, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.0297 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.126 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1838, 34.2959, 8.3277)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9437 #376FCC

analogous

#CC4937 #CC9437 #B9CC37

triadic

#CC9437 #37CC94 #9437CC

tetradic

#CC9437 #37CC49 #376FCC #CC37B9

square

#CC9437 #37CC49 #376FCC #CC37B9

split-complementary

#CC9437 #37B9CC #4937CC

monochromatic

#6D4E1C #9E7128 #CC9437 #D8AE68 #E5C899

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CC9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#CC9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9437

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9437	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9962A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.126 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b373',
    500: '#cc9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9437;
$custom-light: #e0b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70452,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9437

secondary

#8EA7D0

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5ED

border

#D5CFC8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9437

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

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