#CC9259#CC9259

#CC9259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.102 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9259
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(30, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, 15.65, 38.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 41.65, 67.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% 0.044 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.102 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9860, 34.1192, 14.0869)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9259 #5993CC

analogous

#CC595A #CC9259 #CCCB59

triadic

#CC9259 #59CC92 #9259CC

tetradic

#CC9259 #5ACC59 #5993CC #CB59CC

square

#CC9259 #5ACC59 #5993CC #CB59CC

split-complementary

#CC9259 #59CCCB #595ACC

monochromatic

#835528 #B17336 #CC9259 #DAB188 #E9CFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#CC9259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#CC9259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9259

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9259	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8584

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.102 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb289',
    500: '#cc9259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9259;
$custom-light: #dfb289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.739,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70457,
    "c": 0.10179,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9259

secondary

#A9C1D8

accent

#95DC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9259

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

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