#CC9C37#CC9C37

#CC9C37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.128 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C37
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 8.06, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 57.67, 81.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% 0.0171 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.128 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4823, 36.8929, 8.7606)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C37 #3767CC

analogous

#CC5137 #CC9C37 #B2CC37

triadic

#CC9C37 #37CC9C #9C37CC

tetradic

#CC9C37 #37CC51 #3767CC #CC37B2

square

#CC9C37 #37CC51 #3767CC #CC37B2

split-complementary

#CC9C37 #37B2CC #5137CC

monochromatic

#6D531C #9E7828 #CC9C37 #D8B468 #E5CC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#CC9C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C37

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C37	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.128 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b874',
    500: '#cc9c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c37;
$custom-light: #e0b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.671,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72019,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C37

secondary

#8EA4D0

accent

#78E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C37

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

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