#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
RGBrgb(204, 155, 55)
HSLhsl(40, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(40, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(66.94, 8.60, 56.85)
CIE-LCHlch(66.94, 57.50, 81.40°)
OKLaboklab(71.82% 0.0187 0.1261)
OKLCHoklch(71.82% 0.127 81.6)
XYZxyz(37.3152, 36.5586, 8.7049)
Luminance0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC9B371.002.538.318.31
#FFFFFF2.531.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3121.001.001.00
##0000008.3121.001.001.00

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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#CC9B37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva