#CC9856#CC9856

#CC9856 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9856
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 12.15, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 43.61, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% 0.0332 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.104 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8119, 35.9684, 13.7534)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9856 #568ACC

analogous

#CC5D56 #CC9856 #C5CC56

triadic

#CC9856 #56CC98 #9856CC

tetradic

#CC9856 #56CC5D #568ACC #CC56C5

square

#CC9856 #56CC5D #568ACC #CC56C5

split-complementary

#CC9856 #56C5CC #5D56CC

monochromatic

#815927 #B07A35 #CC9856 #DAB585 #E8D1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#CC9856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9856

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9856	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)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb687',
    500: '#cc9856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9856;
$custom-light: #dfb687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.559,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71567,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9856

secondary

#A7BCD7

accent

#8BDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9856

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

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