#CC9986#CC9986

#CC9986 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.067 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9986
RGB	rgb(204, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(16, 41%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(16, 34%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 34.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 16.49, 17.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 23.99, 46.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% 0.0506 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.067 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.5973, 37.3433, 27.6193)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9986 #86B9CC

analogous

#CC8696 #CC9986 #CCBC86

triadic

#CC9986 #86CC99 #9986CC

tetradic

#CC9986 #96CC86 #86B9CC #BC86CC

square

#CC9986 #96CC86 #86B9CC #BC86CC

split-complementary

#CC9986 #86CCBC #8696CC

monochromatic

#985840 #BA755B #CC9986 #DEBDB1 #F0E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CC9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#CC9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9986

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9986	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A986

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.067 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb7a9',
    500: '#cc9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9986;
$custom-light: #ddb7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 40.698,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72633,
    "c": 0.06733,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9986

secondary

#CBDCE2

accent

#90B432

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9986

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

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