#CC9C4E#CC9C4E

#CC9C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.111 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C4E
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, 9.39, 46.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 47.86, 78.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.024 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.111 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1676, 37.1670, 12.3699)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C4E #4E7ECC

analogous

#CC5D4E #CC9C4E #BDCC4E

triadic

#CC9C4E #4ECC9C #9C4ECC

tetradic

#CC9C4E #4ECC5D #4E7ECC #CC4EBD

square

#CC9C4E #4ECC5D #4E7ECC #CC4EBD

split-complementary

#CC9C4E #4EBDCC #5D4ECC

monochromatic

#7C5A24 #AB7D31 #CC9C4E #DAB77E #E7D1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#CC9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C4E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C4E	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.111 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb982',
    500: '#cc9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c4e;
$custom-light: #dfb982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72246,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C4E

secondary

#A1B5D5

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C4E

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

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