#CC9977#CC9977

#CC9977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.077 H 54.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9977
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(24, 45%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(24, 42%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 41.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, 14.71, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 29.26, 59.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.31% 0.0444 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(72.31% 0.077 54.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.6243, 36.9542, 22.4950)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9977 #77AACC

analogous

#CC777F #CC9977 #CCC377

triadic

#CC9977 #77CC99 #9977CC

tetradic

#CC9977 #7FCC77 #77AACC #C377CC

square

#CC9977 #7FCC77 #77AACC #C377CC

split-complementary

#CC9977 #77CCC3 #777FCC

monochromatic

#925B37 #BB784A #CC9977 #DDBAA4 #EDDCD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#CC9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9977

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9977	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.077 54.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb79e',
    500: '#cc9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9977;
$custom-light: #ddb79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72312,
    "c": 0.07717,
    "h": 54.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9977

secondary

#C0D2DF

accent

#81B92D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9977

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

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