#CC9855#CC9855

#CC9855 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.105 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9855
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, 12.07, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 44.06, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% 0.0329 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.105 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7719, 35.9524, 13.5427)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9855 #5589CC

analogous

#CC5D55 #CC9855 #C4CC55

triadic

#CC9855 #55CC98 #9855CC

tetradic

#CC9855 #55CC5D #5589CC #CC55C4

square

#CC9855 #55CC5D #5589CC #CC55C4

split-complementary

#CC9855 #55C4CC #5D55CC

monochromatic

#805926 #AF7A35 #CC9855 #DAB584 #E8D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CC9855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9855

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9855	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.105 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb686',
    500: '#cc9855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9855;
$custom-light: #dfb686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.782,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71553,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9855

secondary

#A6BBD7

accent

#8BDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9855

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

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