#CC9261#CC9261

#CC9261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.096 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9261
RGB	rgb(204, 146, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(27, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, 16.33, 34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 38.18, 64.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.58% 0.0471 0.0833)
OKLCH	oklch(70.58% 0.096 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.3404, 34.2609, 15.9533)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9261 #619BCC

analogous

#CC6166 #CC9261 #CCC861

triadic

#CC9261 #61CC92 #9261CC

tetradic

#CC9261 #66CC61 #619BCC #C861CC

square

#CC9261 #66CC61 #619BCC #C861CC

split-complementary

#CC9261 #61CCC8 #6166CC

monochromatic

#87552C #B5733B #CC9261 #DBB28F #EAD2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#CC9261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#CC9261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9261

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9261	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 146, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.096 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb28e',
    500: '#cc9261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9261;
$custom-light: #deb28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.477,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7058,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9261

secondary

#AFC6D9

accent

#9ADB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF5F0

border

#D5CFCB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9261

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

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