#CC9979#CC9979

#CC9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.076 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9979
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 14.94, 24.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 28.47, 58.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0453 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.076 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.7457, 37.0027, 23.1342)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9979 #79ACCC

analogous

#CC7982 #CC9979 #CCC279

triadic

#CC9979 #79CC99 #9979CC

tetradic

#CC9979 #82CC79 #79ACCC #C279CC

square

#CC9979 #82CC79 #79ACCC #C279CC

split-complementary

#CC9979 #79CCC2 #7982CC

monochromatic

#935B38 #BB774D #CC9979 #DDBBA5 #EEDCD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#CC9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#CC9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9979

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9979	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA9091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.076 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7a0',
    500: '#cc9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9979;
$custom-light: #ddb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.133,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72352,
    "c": 0.07569,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9979

secondary

#C2D4DF

accent

#83B82D

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9979

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

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