#CC9B59#CC9B59

#CC9B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.102 H 73.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9B59
RGB	rgb(204, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(34, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 10.76, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 42.67, 75.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0295 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.102 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4284, 37.0039, 14.5677)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9B59 #598ACC

analogous

#CC6259 #CC9B59 #C3CC59

triadic

#CC9B59 #59CC9B #9B59CC

tetradic

#CC9B59 #59CC62 #598ACC #CC59C3

square

#CC9B59 #59CC62 #598ACC #CC59C3

split-complementary

#CC9B59 #59C3CC #6259CC

monochromatic

#835C28 #B17D36 #CC9B59 #DAB788 #E9D3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CC9B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9B59

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9B59	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.102 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb889',
    500: '#cc9b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9b59;
$custom-light: #deb889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.435,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72192,
    "c": 0.10208,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9B59

secondary

#A9BDD8

accent

#89DC4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110C

muted

#84807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9B59

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

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