#CC9971#CC9971

#CC9971 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.082 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9971
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 113)
HSL	hsl(26, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(26, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 44.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, 14.07, 28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 31.71, 63.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.042 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.082 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.2753, 36.8146, 20.6568)
Luminance	0.3681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9971 #71A4CC

analogous

#CC7177 #CC9971 #CCC771

triadic

#CC9971 #71CC99 #9971CC

tetradic

#CC9971 #77CC71 #71A4CC #C771CC

square

#CC9971 #77CC71 #71A4CC #C771CC

split-complementary

#CC9971 #71CCC7 #7177CC

monochromatic

#8F5C33 #BC7944 #CC9971 #DCB99E #ECDACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#CC9971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#CC9971 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9971

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9971	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.082 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deb79a',
    500: '#cc9971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9971;
$custom-light: #deb79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.374,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72196,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9971

secondary

#BCCEDD

accent

#7BBA2B

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9971

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

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