#CC9541#CC9541

#CC9541 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.120 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9541
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, 12.37, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 52.50, 76.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% 0.031 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.12 75)
XYZ	xyz(36.6058, 34.7167, 9.7730)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9541 #4178CC

analogous

#CC4F41 #CC9541 #BDCC41

triadic

#CC9541 #41CC95 #9541CC

tetradic

#CC9541 #41CC4F #4178CC #CC41BD

square

#CC9541 #41CC4F #4178CC #CC41BD

split-complementary

#CC9541 #41BDCC #4F41CC

monochromatic

#74521F #A4742C #CC9541 #D9B071 #E6CBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CC9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#CC9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9541

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9541	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.120 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b479',
    500: '#cc9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9541;
$custom-light: #e0b479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70738,
    "c": 0.11964,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.34714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9541

secondary

#96AED3

accent

#84E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9541

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

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