#CC9D85#CC9D85

#CC9D85 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.066 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC9D85
RGB	rgb(204, 157, 133)
HSL	hsl(20, 41%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(20, 35%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 34.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 14.18, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 23.95, 53.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% 0.0437 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.066 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.1936, 38.6470, 27.4756)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC9D85 #85B4CC

analogous

#CC8590 #CC9D85 #CCC085

triadic

#CC9D85 #85CC9D #9D85CC

tetradic

#CC9D85 #90CC85 #85B4CC #C085CC

square

#CC9D85 #90CC85 #85B4CC #C085CC

split-complementary

#CC9D85 #85CCC0 #8590CC

monochromatic

#975D3F #BA7A5A #CC9D85 #DEC0B0 #F0E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#CC9D85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#CC9D85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC9D85

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC9D85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC9D85	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A183

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc9d85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 157, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.066 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbaa8',
    500: '#cc9d85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc9d85;
$custom-light: #ddbaa8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc9d85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.282,
    "s": 41.04,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73374,
    "c": 0.06567,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC9D85

secondary

#CBDAE2

accent

#88B431

background

#FDFBFA

surface

#FBF6F4

border

#D4D0CE

text

#15110F

muted

#83807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC9D85

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

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