#CC9D53#CC9D53

#CC9D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.108 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D53
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.71, 9.21, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.71, 45.76, 78.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% 0.0242 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.108 77)
XYZ	xyz(38.5222, 37.5784, 13.4063)
Luminance	0.3758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D53 #5382CC

analogous

#CC6153 #CC9D53 #BFCC53

triadic

#CC9D53 #53CC9D #9D53CC

tetradic

#CC9D53 #53CC61 #5382CC #CC53BF

square

#CC9D53 #53CC61 #5382CC #CC53BF

split-complementary

#CC9D53 #53BFCC #6153CC

monochromatic

#7F5C26 #AE7F34 #CC9D53 #DAB882 #E8D3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CC9D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CC9D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D53

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D53	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.108 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb985',
    500: '#cc9d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d53;
$custom-light: #dfb985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.694,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72504,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.37576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D53

secondary

#A4B8D6

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D53

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

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