#CC9C8A#CC9C8A

#CC9C8A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.063 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9C8A
RGB	rgb(204, 156, 138)
HSL	hsl(16, 39%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(16, 32%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 32.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, 15.36, 16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 22.43, 46.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0473 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.063 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3788, 38.4515, 29.2822)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9C8A #8ABACC

analogous

#CC8A99 #CC9C8A #CCBD8A

triadic

#CC9C8A #8ACC9C #9C8ACC

tetradic

#CC9C8A #99CC8A #8ABACC #BD8ACC

square

#CC9C8A #99CC8A #8ABACC #BD8ACC

split-complementary

#CC9C8A #8ACCBD #8A99CC

monochromatic

#995A43 #B9785F #CC9C8A #DFC0B5 #F1E4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#CC9C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#CC9C8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9C8A

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9C8A	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 156, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.063 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb9ac',
    500: '#cc9c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9c8a;
$custom-light: #ddb9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73297,
    "c": 0.06318,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9C8A

secondary

#CEDEE3

accent

#90B233

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#151110

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9C8A

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

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