#CC9853#CC9853

#CC9853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.107 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9853
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.46, 11.92, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.46, 44.97, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% 0.0321 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.107 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6935, 35.9211, 13.1301)
Luminance	0.3592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9853 #5387CC

analogous

#CC5C53 #CC9853 #C4CC53

triadic

#CC9853 #53CC98 #9853CC

tetradic

#CC9853 #53CC5C #5387CC #CC53C4

square

#CC9853 #53CC5C #5387CC #CC53C4

split-complementary

#CC9853 #53C4CC #5C53CC

monochromatic

#7F5926 #AE7A34 #CC9853 #DAB482 #E8D1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#CC9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#CC9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9853

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9853	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A755

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.107 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb685',
    500: '#cc9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9853;
$custom-light: #dfb685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.215,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71527,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9853

secondary

#A4BAD6

accent

#8ADE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9853

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

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