#CC9E41#CC9E41

#CC9E41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E41
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 65)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, 7.49, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 53.94, 82.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0168 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.122 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0851, 37.6754, 10.2661)
Luminance	0.3767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E41 #416FCC

analogous

#CC5941 #CC9E41 #B4CC41

triadic

#CC9E41 #41CC9E #9E41CC

tetradic

#CC9E41 #41CC59 #416FCC #CC41B4

square

#CC9E41 #41CC59 #416FCC #CC41B4

split-complementary

#CC9E41 #41B4CC #5941CC

monochromatic

#74581F #A47C2C #CC9E41 #D9B771 #E6CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#CC9E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E41

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E41	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ba7a',
    500: '#cc9e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e41;
$custom-light: #e0ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72502,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E41

secondary

#96AAD3

accent

#7AE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E41

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

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