#CC9A37#CC9A37

#CC9A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.127 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9A37
RGB	rgb(204, 154, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 9.14, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 57.33, 80.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% 0.0203 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.127 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1494, 36.2272, 8.6496)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9A37 #3769CC

analogous

#CC4F37 #CC9A37 #B3CC37

triadic

#CC9A37 #37CC9A #9A37CC

tetradic

#CC9A37 #37CC4F #3769CC #CC37B3

square

#CC9A37 #37CC4F #3769CC #CC37B3

split-complementary

#CC9A37 #37B3CC #4F37CC

monochromatic

#6D521C #9E7628 #CC9A37 #D8B368 #E5CB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#CC9A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#CC9A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9A37

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9A37	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 154, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.127 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b774',
    500: '#cc9a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9a37;
$custom-light: #e0b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71624,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9A37

secondary

#8EA5D0

accent

#7AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9A37

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

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