#CC9241#CC9241

#CC9241 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.119 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9241
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, 14.00, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 52.14, 74.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% 0.0358 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.119 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.1372, 33.7797, 9.6169)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9241 #417BCC

analogous

#CC4C41 #CC9241 #C0CC41

triadic

#CC9241 #41CC92 #9241CC

tetradic

#CC9241 #41CC4C #417BCC #CC41C0

square

#CC9241 #41CC4C #417BCC #CC41C0

split-complementary

#CC9241 #41C0CC #4C41CC

monochromatic

#74501F #A4722C #CC9241 #D9AE71 #E6C9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CC9241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CC9241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9241

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9241	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8380

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.119 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b179',
    500: '#cc9241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9241;
$custom-light: #e0b179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.964,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70159,
    "c": 0.11935,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9241

secondary

#96AFD3

accent

#87E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF5EE

border

#D5CFC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9241

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

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