#CC9D41#CC9D41

#CC9D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D41
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 8.03, 53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 53.76, 81.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% 0.0183 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.121 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9152, 37.3356, 10.2095)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D41 #4170CC

analogous

#CC5741 #CC9D41 #B6CC41

triadic

#CC9D41 #41CC9D #9D41CC

tetradic

#CC9D41 #41CC57 #4170CC #CC41B6

square

#CC9D41 #41CC57 #4170CC #CC41B6

split-complementary

#CC9D41 #41B6CC #5741CC

monochromatic

#74571F #A47B2C #CC9D41 #D9B671 #E6CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CC9D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CC9D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D41

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D41	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b97a',
    500: '#cc9d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d41;
$custom-light: #e0b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72304,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D41

secondary

#96ABD3

accent

#7BE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D41

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →