#CC997D#CC997D

#CC997D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.073 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC997D
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(21, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 38.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.35, 15.40, 22.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.35, 26.97, 55.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% 0.0469 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.073 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.9961, 37.1029, 24.4530)
Luminance	0.3710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC997D #7DB0CC

analogous

#CC7D89 #CC997D #CCC17D

triadic

#CC997D #7DCC99 #997DCC

tetradic

#CC997D #89CC7D #7DB0CC #C17DCC

square

#CC997D #89CC7D #7DB0CC #C17DCC

split-complementary

#CC997D #7DCCC1 #7D89CC

monochromatic

#945A3A #BB7751 #CC997D #DDBBA9 #EEDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#CC997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#CC997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC997D

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC997D	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99092

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.073 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7a2',
    500: '#cc997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc997d;
$custom-light: #ddb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.266,
    "s": 43.646,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72435,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC997D

secondary

#C5D6E0

accent

#87B72F

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F3

border

#D4D0CD

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC997D

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

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