#CC9C48#CC9C48

#CC9C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.116 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C48
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, 8.99, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 50.54, 79.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.0221 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.116 79)
XYZ	xyz(37.9622, 37.0848, 11.2883)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C48 #4878CC

analogous

#CC5A48 #CC9C48 #BACC48

triadic

#CC9C48 #48CC9C #9C48CC

tetradic

#CC9C48 #48CC5A #4878CC #CC48BA

square

#CC9C48 #48CC5A #4878CC #CC48BA

split-complementary

#CC9C48 #48BACC #5A48CC

monochromatic

#785921 #A87C2F #CC9C48 #D9B678 #E7D0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CC9C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C48

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C48	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.116 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb97e',
    500: '#cc9c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c48;
$custom-light: #dfb97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72178,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.37082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C48

secondary

#9CB0D4

accent

#7FE048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16110A

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C48

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

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