#CC9737#CC9737

#CC9737 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.126 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9737
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, 10.76, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 56.88, 79.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.025 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.126 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6605, 35.2492, 8.4866)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9737 #376CCC

analogous

#CC4C37 #CC9737 #B6CC37

triadic

#CC9737 #37CC97 #9737CC

tetradic

#CC9737 #37CC4C #376CCC #CC37B6

square

#CC9737 #37CC4C #376CCC #CC37B6

split-complementary

#CC9737 #37B6CC #4C37CC

monochromatic

#6D501C #9E7428 #CC9737 #D8B068 #E5CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#CC9737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#CC9737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9737

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9737	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.126 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b574',
    500: '#cc9737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9737;
$custom-light: #e0b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.658,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71036,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9737

secondary

#8EA6D0

accent

#7DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9737

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

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