#CC9963#CC9963

#CC9963 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.093 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9963
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 99)
HSL	hsl(31, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(31, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 51.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 12.70, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 37.84, 70.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% 0.0365 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.093 67)
XYZ	xyz(38.5471, 36.5233, 16.8214)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9963 #6396CC

analogous

#CC6563 #CC9963 #CBCC63

triadic

#CC9963 #63CC99 #9963CC

tetradic

#CC9963 #63CC65 #6396CC #CC63CB

square

#CC9963 #63CC65 #6396CC #CC63CB

split-complementary

#CC9963 #63CBCC #6563CC

monochromatic

#885C2C #B67B3C #CC9963 #DBB791 #EAD5BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#CC9963 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#CC9963 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9963

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9963	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9963	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9C5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A864

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8D8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9963;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.093 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb790',
    500: '#cc9963',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9963;
$custom-light: #deb790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9963",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.09342,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.36521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9963

secondary

#B1C5DA

accent

#92DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9963

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

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