#CC9957#CC9957

#CC9957 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9957
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 11.68, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 43.29, 74.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% 0.032 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.103 72)
XYZ	xyz(38.0154, 36.3106, 14.0214)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9957 #578ACC

analogous

#CC5F57 #CC9957 #C5CC57

triadic

#CC9957 #57CC99 #9957CC

tetradic

#CC9957 #57CC5F #578ACC #CC57C5

square

#CC9957 #57CC5F #578ACC #CC57C5

split-complementary

#CC9957 #57C5CC #5F57CC

monochromatic

#815A27 #B07B36 #CC9957 #DAB686 #E9D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CC9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#CC9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9957

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9957	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)

#AB9B51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb788',
    500: '#cc9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9957;
$custom-light: #dfb788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.846,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71774,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.36308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9957

secondary

#A8BCD7

accent

#8BDD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9957

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

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