#CC9F50#CC9F50

#CC9F50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.111 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9F50
RGB	rgb(204, 159, 80)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, 7.91, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 47.51, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0199 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.111 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.7500, 38.2154, 12.9232)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9F50 #507DCC

analogous

#CC6150 #CC9F50 #BBCC50

triadic

#CC9F50 #50CC9F #9F50CC

tetradic

#CC9F50 #50CC61 #507DCC #CC50BB

square

#CC9F50 #50CC61 #507DCC #CC50BB

split-complementary

#CC9F50 #50BBCC #6150CC

monochromatic

#7D5D24 #AD8032 #CC9F50 #DAB97F #E8D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#CC9F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#CC9F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9F50

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9F50	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 159, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.111 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfbb84',
    500: '#cc9f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9f50;
$custom-light: #dfbb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72862,
    "c": 0.11063,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9F50

secondary

#A2B5D6

accent

#80DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9F50

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

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