#CC9E4E#CC9E4E

#CC9E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.112 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E4E
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 8.31, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 48.23, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% 0.0209 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.112 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5060, 37.8437, 12.4827)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E4E #4E7CCC

analogous

#CC5F4E #CC9E4E #BBCC4E

triadic

#CC9E4E #4ECC9E #9E4ECC

tetradic

#CC9E4E #4ECC5F #4E7CCC #CC4EBB

square

#CC9E4E #4ECC5F #4E7CCC #CC4EBB

split-complementary

#CC9E4E #4EBBCC #5F4ECC

monochromatic

#7C5C24 #AB7F31 #CC9E4E #DAB87E #E7D2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#CC9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#CC9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E4E

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E4E	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.112 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba82',
    500: '#cc9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e4e;
$custom-light: #dfba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.095,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7264,
    "c": 0.11194,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E4E

secondary

#A1B4D5

accent

#80DF49

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E4E

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

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