#CC9741#CC9741

#CC9741 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9741
RGB	rgb(204, 151, 65)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 11.28, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 52.77, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0278 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.12 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9249, 35.3550, 9.8794)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9741 #4176CC

analogous

#CC5141 #CC9741 #BCCC41

triadic

#CC9741 #41CC97 #9741CC

tetradic

#CC9741 #41CC51 #4176CC #CC41BC

square

#CC9741 #41CC51 #4176CC #CC41BC

split-complementary

#CC9741 #41BCCC #5141CC

monochromatic

#74531F #A4762C #CC9741 #D9B171 #E6CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#CC9741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#CC9741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9741

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9741	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 151, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b579',
    500: '#cc9741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9741;
$custom-light: #e0b579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.122,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71126,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9741

secondary

#96ADD3

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9741

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →