#CE9979#CE9979

#CE9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.078 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CE9979
RGB	rgb(206, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(23, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(23, 41%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.7%, 41.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, 15.74, 24.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 29.18, 57.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% 0.0476 0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.078 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2975, 37.2873, 23.1601)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CE9979 #79AECE

analogous

#CE7984 #CE9979 #CEC479

triadic

#CE9979 #79CE99 #9979CE

tetradic

#CE9979 #84CE79 #79AECE #C479CE

square

#CE9979 #84CE79 #79AECE #C479CE

split-complementary

#CE9979 #79CEC4 #7984CE

monochromatic

#965B37 #BE774C #CE9979 #DEBBA6 #EFDDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#CE9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#CE9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CE9979

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CE9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CE9979	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ce9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(206, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.078 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb7a0',
    500: '#ce9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ce9979;
$custom-light: #dfb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ce9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 206,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.588,
    "s": 46.448,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72565,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CE9979

secondary

#C3D5E0

accent

#84BA2C

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F2

border

#D4D0CC

text

#15110E

muted

#83807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CE9979

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

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