#CC9637#CC9637

#CC9637 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.126 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9637
RGB	rgb(204, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 11.31, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 56.74, 78.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0266 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.126 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5002, 34.9287, 8.4332)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9637 #376DCC

analogous

#CC4B37 #CC9637 #B8CC37

triadic

#CC9637 #37CC96 #9637CC

tetradic

#CC9637 #37CC4B #376DCC #CC37B8

square

#CC9637 #37CC4B #376DCC #CC37B8

split-complementary

#CC9637 #37B8CC #4B37CC

monochromatic

#6D4F1C #9E7328 #CC9637 #D8B068 #E5C999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CC9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#CC9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9637

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9637	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.126 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b473',
    500: '#cc9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9637;
$custom-light: #e0b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.255,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70841,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9637

secondary

#8EA6D0

accent

#7EE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9637

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

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