#CC9E56#CC9E56

#CC9E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.105 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9E56
RGB	rgb(204, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(37, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.5%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 8.89, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 44.56, 78.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0236 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.105 77)
XYZ	xyz(38.8104, 37.9655, 14.0862)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9E56 #5684CC

analogous

#CC6356 #CC9E56 #BFCC56

triadic

#CC9E56 #56CC9E #9E56CC

tetradic

#CC9E56 #56CC63 #5684CC #CC56BF

square

#CC9E56 #56CC63 #5684CC #CC56BF

split-complementary

#CC9E56 #56BFCC #6356CC

monochromatic

#815E27 #B08035 #CC9E56 #DAB985 #E8D4B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CC9E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#CC9E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9E56

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9E56	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.105 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba87',
    500: '#cc9e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9e56;
$custom-light: #dfba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.61,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7274,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.37963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9E56

secondary

#A7BAD7

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6F0

border

#D5D0CB

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9E56

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

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