#CC9F37#CC9F37

#CC9F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.129 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F37
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 6.44, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 58.21, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.0124 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.129 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9919, 37.9121, 8.9304)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F37 #3764CC

analogous

#CC5437 #CC9F37 #AFCC37

triadic

#CC9F37 #37CC9F #9F37CC

tetradic

#CC9F37 #37CC54 #3764CC #CC37AF

square

#CC9F37 #37CC54 #3764CC #CC37AF

split-complementary

#CC9F37 #37AFCC #5437CC

monochromatic

#6D541C #9E7A28 #CC9F37 #D8B668 #E5CE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#CC9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F37

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F37	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.129 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0bb74',
    500: '#cc9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f37;
$custom-light: #e0bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F37

secondary

#8EA2D0

accent

#75E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F37

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

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