#CC9956#CC9956

#CC9956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.104 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9956
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, 11.60, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 43.75, 74.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0316 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.104 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9748, 36.2944, 13.8077)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9956 #5689CC

analogous

#CC5E56 #CC9956 #C4CC56

triadic

#CC9956 #56CC99 #9956CC

tetradic

#CC9956 #56CC5E #5689CC #CC56C4

square

#CC9956 #56CC5E #5689CC #CC56C4

split-complementary

#CC9956 #56C4CC #5E56CC

monochromatic

#815A27 #B07B35 #CC9956 #DAB585 #E8D2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CC9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CC9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9956

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9956	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)

#AB9B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.104 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb787',
    500: '#cc9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9956;
$custom-light: #dfb787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.068,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71761,
    "c": 0.10428,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9956

secondary

#A7BCD7

accent

#8ADD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9956

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

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