#CC9937#CC9937

#CC9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9937
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 9.68, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 57.17, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% 0.0218 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.127 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9851, 35.8985, 8.5948)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9937 #376ACC

analogous

#CC4E37 #CC9937 #B5CC37

triadic

#CC9937 #37CC99 #9937CC

tetradic

#CC9937 #37CC4E #376ACC #CC37B5

square

#CC9937 #37CC4E #376ACC #CC37B5

split-complementary

#CC9937 #37B5CC #4E37CC

monochromatic

#6D511C #9E7528 #CC9937 #D8B268 #E5CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CC9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CC9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9937

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9937	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b674',
    500: '#cc9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9937;
$custom-light: #e0b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.463,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71427,
    "c": 0.12693,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9937

secondary

#8EA5D0

accent

#7BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9937

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

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