#CC9551#CC9551

#CC9551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.108 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9551
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, 13.40, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 45.49, 72.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0363 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.108 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1367, 34.9291, 12.5690)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9551 #5188CC

analogous

#CC5751 #CC9551 #C5CC51

triadic

#CC9551 #51CC95 #9551CC

tetradic

#CC9551 #51CC57 #5188CC #CC51C5

square

#CC9551 #51CC57 #5188CC #CC51C5

split-complementary

#CC9551 #51C5CC #5751CC

monochromatic

#7E5625 #AD7633 #CC9551 #DAB280 #E8CFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#CC9551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#CC9551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9551

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9551	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8984B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8885

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.108 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb484',
    500: '#cc9551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9551;
$custom-light: #dfb484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.171,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70921,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9551

secondary

#A3BAD6

accent

#8CDE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9551

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

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