#CCBC97

sRGB: 204 / 188 / 151

Celestial flames pierce eternal darkness
Restless constellations thunder through timeless canyons
Rising tides embrace the coming dawn

#CCBC97 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 204 red, 188 green and 151 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 41.9° lands in the orange region. Its 34.2% saturation makes it partway between gray and the most vivid version of this hue at this lightness. HSL lightness is 69.6% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (11.21:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 204, 188, 151
HSL: 41.89°, 34.19%, 69.61%
HSV / HSB: 41.89°, 25.98%, 80.00%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 7.84%, 25.98%, 20.00%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 48.469, 51.039, 36.577
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 76.702, -0.113, 20.810
WCAG relative luminance: 0.51038
24-bit decimal: 13417623

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #CCBC97 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text: 11.21:1

Normal text: AAA
Large text: AAA

White text: 1.87:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: Fail

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio.

Reference: WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#97A7CC sits half a turn (180°) from #CCBC97 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#CCBC97 #97A7CC

Analogous

#CCA297 and #C2CC97 sit 30° to either side of #CCBC97. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#CCA297 #CCBC97 #C2CC97

Triadic

#CCBC97, #97CCBC and #BC97CC are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#CCBC97 #97CCBC #BC97CC

Split complementary

Start at #CCBC97 and look across the wheel. #97C2CC and #A197CC sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#CCBC97 #97C2CC #A197CC

Square

Starting with #CCBC97, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #97CCA2, #97A7CC, then #CC97C2. Across the square, #CCBC97 pairs with #97A7CC, and #97CCA2 with #CC97C2.

#CCBC97 #97CCA2 #97A7CC #CC97C2

Tetradic

#CCBC97 and #97A7CC are opposites, as are #A7CC97 and #BC97CC. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#CCBC97 #A7CC97 #97A7CC #BC97CC

Tints

Mixing #CCBC97 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D6C9AC, keeps 80% of the original. By #F5F2EA, the mixture is 80% white.

#CCBC97 #D6C9AC #E0D7C1 #EBE4D5 #F5F2EA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #CCBC97 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #A39679, keeps 80% of the original. By #29261E, the mixture is 80% black.

#CCBC97 #A39679 #7A715B #524B3C #29261E #000000

Tones

Mixing #CCBC97 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #BDB092, keeps 80% of the original. By #8F8C85, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#CCBC97 #BDB092 #AEA48E #9E9889 #8F8C85 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#CCBC97

RGB

rgb(204 188 151)

HSL

hsl(41.887 34.194% 69.608%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #CCBC97;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#CCBC97 uses 204 red, 188 green and 151 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 80.0%

Green 73.7%

Blue 59.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #CCBC97 is 0.0% cyan, 7.8% magenta, 26.0% yellow and 20.0% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 7.8%

Yellow 26.0%

Black 20.0%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CCBB99. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #CB9 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #CCBC97 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CCCC99, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand: #CCBB99 Nearest web-safe: #CCCC99

Gradient to complement

#CCBC97 #C3B9A0 #BAB5A9 #B2B2B2 #A9AEBA #A0ABC3 #97A7CC

Color vision previews

Compare how #CCBC97 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#C5BB95

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#C9BF98

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D5B6B2

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C8BC96

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CABE97

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#CEBAA2

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#BDBDBD

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#C5BDAC

Reference: National Eye Institute: Types of Color Vision Deficiency

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.60383 G 0.50289 B 0.30947

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.78933 G 0.73945 B 0.60845

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.58591 G 0.50624 B 0.32850

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.356 y 0.375 Y 51.039

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 20.000 M % 26.275 Y % 40.784

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11001100 10111100 10010111