#CC9559#CC9559

#CC9559 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.102 H 67.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9559
RGB	rgb(204, 149, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(31, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, 14.02, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 41.91, 70.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% 0.0392 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.102 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4545, 35.0562, 14.2431)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9559 #5990CC

analogous

#CC5B59 #CC9559 #CACC59

triadic

#CC9559 #59CC95 #9559CC

tetradic

#CC9559 #59CC5B #5990CC #CC59CA

square

#CC9559 #59CC5B #5990CC #CC59CA

split-complementary

#CC9559 #59CACC #5B59CC

monochromatic

#835728 #B17736 #CC9559 #DAB388 #E9D1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#CC9559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#CC9559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9559

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9559	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 149, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.102 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb489',
    500: '#cc9559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9559;
$custom-light: #dfb489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7103,
    "c": 0.10161,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9559

secondary

#A9BFD8

accent

#91DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9559

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

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