#CC9459#CC9459

#CC9459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.102 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9459
RGB	rgb(204, 148, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 14.56, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 41.81, 69.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0408 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.102 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2970, 34.7412, 14.1906)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9459 #5991CC

analogous

#CC5B59 #CC9459 #CACC59

triadic

#CC9459 #59CC94 #9459CC

tetradic

#CC9459 #59CC5B #5991CC #CC59CA

square

#CC9459 #59CC5B #5991CC #CC59CA

split-complementary

#CC9459 #59CACC #5B59CC

monochromatic

#835628 #B17636 #CC9459 #DAB288 #E9D0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#CC9459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#CC9459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9459

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9459	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 148, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.102 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb389',
    500: '#cc9459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9459;
$custom-light: #dfb389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.783,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70838,
    "c": 0.10164,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9459

secondary

#A9C0D8

accent

#92DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9459

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

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