#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
RGBrgb(204, 149, 55)
HSLhsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(65.44, 11.85, 55.35)
CIE-LCHlch(65.44, 56.60, 77.92°)
OKLaboklab(70.65% 0.0281 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(70.65% 0.126 77.1)
XYZxyz(36.3413, 34.6110, 8.3803)
Luminance0.3461 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC95371.002.657.927.92
#FFFFFF2.651.0021.0021.00
#0000007.9221.001.001.00
##0000007.9221.001.001.00

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

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#CC9537 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva