#CC9537#CC9537

#CC9537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.126 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9537
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.44, 11.85, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.44, 56.60, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0281 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.126 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3413, 34.6110, 8.3803)
Luminance	0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9537 #376ECC

analogous

#CC4A37 #CC9537 #B9CC37

triadic

#CC9537 #37CC95 #9537CC

tetradic

#CC9537 #37CC4A #376ECC #CC37B9

square

#CC9537 #37CC4A #376ECC #CC37B9

split-complementary

#CC9537 #37B9CC #4A37CC

monochromatic

#6D4F1C #9E7228 #CC9537 #D8AF68 #E5C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#CC9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.92

#CC9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9537

7.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9537	1.00	2.65	7.92	7.92
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.126 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b473',
    500: '#cc9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9537;
$custom-light: #e0b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.852,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70646,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9537

secondary

#8EA7D0

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9537

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

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