#CC9D55#CC9D55

#CC9D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D55
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.73, 9.36, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.73, 44.84, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0249 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.106 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6005, 37.6098, 13.8189)
Luminance	0.3761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D55 #5584CC

analogous

#CC6255 #CC9D55 #BFCC55

triadic

#CC9D55 #55CC9D #9D55CC

tetradic

#CC9D55 #55CC62 #5584CC #CC55BF

square

#CC9D55 #55CC62 #5584CC #CC55BF

split-complementary

#CC9D55 #55BFCC #6255CC

monochromatic

#805D26 #AF7F35 #CC9D55 #DAB884 #E8D3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#CC9D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#CC9D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D55

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D55	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	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)

#AF9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb987',
    500: '#cc9d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d55;
$custom-light: #dfb987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.303,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.10588,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D55

secondary

#A6B9D7

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D55

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

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