#CC9959#CC9959

#CC9959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.102 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9959
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(33, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(33, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.78, 11.84, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.78, 42.38, 73.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% 0.0327 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.102 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0983, 36.3437, 14.4577)
Luminance	0.3634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9959 #598CCC

analogous

#CC5F59 #CC9959 #C6CC59

triadic

#CC9959 #59CC99 #9959CC

tetradic

#CC9959 #59CC5F #598CCC #CC59C6

square

#CC9959 #59CC5F #598CCC #CC59C6

split-complementary

#CC9959 #59C6CC #5F59CC

monochromatic

#835A28 #B17B36 #CC9959 #DAB688 #E9D3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#CC9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#CC9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9959

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9959	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8C8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.102 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb789',
    500: '#cc9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9959;
$custom-light: #dfb789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.391,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71802,
    "c": 0.1018,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9959

secondary

#A9BED8

accent

#8CDC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9959

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

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