#CC9857#CC9857

#CC9857 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.103 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9857
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 87)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, 12.23, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 43.16, 73.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% 0.0336 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.103 71)
XYZ	xyz(37.8524, 35.9846, 13.9670)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9857 #578BCC

analogous

#CC5D57 #CC9857 #C6CC57

triadic

#CC9857 #57CC98 #9857CC

tetradic

#CC9857 #57CC5D #578BCC #CC57C6

square

#CC9857 #57CC5D #578BCC #CC57C6

split-complementary

#CC9857 #57C6CC #5D57CC

monochromatic

#815927 #B07A36 #CC9857 #DAB586 #E9D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CC9857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9857

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9857	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.103 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb688',
    500: '#cc9857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9857;
$custom-light: #dfb688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.10335,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.35982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9857

secondary

#A8BDD7

accent

#8CDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9857

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

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