#CC9837#CC9837

#CC9837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.127 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9837
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, 10.22, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 57.02, 79.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.0234 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.127 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8221, 35.5725, 8.5405)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9837 #376BCC

analogous

#CC4D37 #CC9837 #B6CC37

triadic

#CC9837 #37CC98 #9837CC

tetradic

#CC9837 #37CC4D #376BCC #CC37B6

square

#CC9837 #37CC4D #376BCC #CC37B6

split-complementary

#CC9837 #37B6CC #4D37CC

monochromatic

#6D511C #9E7528 #CC9837 #D8B168 #E5CA99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#CC9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#CC9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9837

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9837	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.127 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b674',
    500: '#cc9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9837;
$custom-light: #e0b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.06,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71231,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9837

secondary

#8EA5D0

accent

#7CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9837

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

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