#CC9B37#CC9B37

#CC9B37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.127 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B37
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, 8.60, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 57.50, 81.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% 0.0187 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.127 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3152, 36.5586, 8.7049)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B37 #3768CC

analogous

#CC5037 #CC9B37 #B3CC37

triadic

#CC9B37 #37CC9B #9B37CC

tetradic

#CC9B37 #37CC50 #3768CC #CC37B3

square

#CC9B37 #37CC50 #3768CC #CC37B3

split-complementary

#CC9B37 #37B3CC #5037CC

monochromatic

#6D521C #9E7728 #CC9B37 #D8B368 #E5CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CC9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#CC9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B37

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B37	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8C87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.127 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b874',
    500: '#cc9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b37;
$custom-light: #e0b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.268,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71821,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B37

secondary

#8EA4D0

accent

#79E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B37

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

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