#CC9955#CC9955

#CC9955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9955
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 85)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, 11.53, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 44.20, 74.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% 0.0313 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.105 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9348, 36.2784, 13.5970)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9955 #5588CC

analogous

#CC5E55 #CC9955 #C3CC55

triadic

#CC9955 #55CC99 #9955CC

tetradic

#CC9955 #55CC5E #5588CC #CC55C3

square

#CC9955 #55CC5E #5588CC #CC55C3

split-complementary

#CC9955 #55C3CC #5E55CC

monochromatic

#805A26 #AF7B35 #CC9955 #DAB584 #E8D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CC9955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CC9955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9955

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9955	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb787',
    500: '#cc9955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9955;
$custom-light: #dfb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71747,
    "c": 0.10509,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9955

secondary

#A6BBD7

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9955

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →