#CC9859#CC9859

#CC9859 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9859
RGB	rgb(204, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.53, 12.39, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.53, 42.25, 72.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.0343 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.102 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9353, 36.0178, 14.4033)
Luminance	0.3602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9859 #598DCC

analogous

#CC5F59 #CC9859 #C6CC59

triadic

#CC9859 #59CC98 #9859CC

tetradic

#CC9859 #59CC5F #598DCC #CC59C6

square

#CC9859 #59CC5F #598DCC #CC59C6

split-complementary

#CC9859 #59C6CC #5F59CC

monochromatic

#835A28 #B17A36 #CC9859 #DAB588 #E9D2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#CC9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#CC9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9859

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9859	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)

#AA9B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb689',
    500: '#cc9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9859;
$custom-light: #dfb689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.87,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71608,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9859

secondary

#A9BED8

accent

#8DDC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9859

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

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