#CC9159#CC9159

#CC9159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.102 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9159
RGB	rgb(204, 145, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, 16.20, 38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 41.59, 67.08°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% 0.0456 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.102 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8325, 33.8122, 14.0358)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9159 #5994CC

analogous

#CC595B #CC9159 #CCCA59

triadic

#CC9159 #59CC91 #9159CC

tetradic

#CC9159 #5BCC59 #5994CC #CA59CC

square

#CC9159 #5BCC59 #5994CC #CA59CC

split-complementary

#CC9159 #59CCCA #595BCC

monochromatic

#835428 #B17236 #CC9159 #DAB088 #E9CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#CC9159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#CC9159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9159

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9159	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)

#A49554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 145, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.102 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb189',
    500: '#cc9159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9159;
$custom-light: #dfb189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.217,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70267,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9159

secondary

#A9C1D8

accent

#96DC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9159

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

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