#CC9D37#CC9D37

#CC9D37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.128 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D37
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 55)
HSL	hsl(41, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 7.52, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 57.84, 82.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0156 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.128 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.6508, 37.2298, 8.8167)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D37 #3766CC

analogous

#CC5237 #CC9D37 #B0CC37

triadic

#CC9D37 #37CC9D #9D37CC

tetradic

#CC9D37 #37CC52 #3766CC #CC37B0

square

#CC9D37 #37CC52 #3766CC #CC37B0

split-complementary

#CC9D37 #37B0CC #5237CC

monochromatic

#6D531C #9E7928 #CC9D37 #D8B568 #E5CD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CC9D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D37

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D37	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.128 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b974',
    500: '#cc9d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d37;
$custom-light: #e0b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.074,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72217,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.37227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D37

secondary

#8EA3D0

accent

#77E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D37

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

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