#CC9C53#CC9C53

#CC9C53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.107 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C53
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 83)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(36, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 9.75, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 45.59, 77.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0257 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.107 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3537, 37.2414, 13.3502)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C53 #5383CC

analogous

#CC6053 #CC9C53 #C0CC53

triadic

#CC9C53 #53CC9C #9C53CC

tetradic

#CC9C53 #53CC60 #5383CC #CC53C0

square

#CC9C53 #53CC60 #5383CC #CC53C0

split-complementary

#CC9C53 #53C0CC #6053CC

monochromatic

#7F5C26 #AE7E34 #CC9C53 #DAB782 #E8D2B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC9C53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#CC9C53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C53

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C53	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.107 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb985',
    500: '#cc9c53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c53;
$custom-light: #dfb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.198,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72307,
    "c": 0.1073,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C53

secondary

#A4B8D6

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C53

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

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