#CC8251#CC8251

#CC8251 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.112 H 53.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8251
RGB	rgb(204, 130, 81)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, 23.76, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 44.85, 58.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0672 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.112 53.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3720, 29.3998, 11.6475)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8251 #519BCC

analogous

#CC515D #CC8251 #CCBF51

triadic

#CC8251 #51CC82 #8251CC

tetradic

#CC8251 #5DCC51 #519BCC #BF51CC

square

#CC8251 #5DCC51 #519BCC #BF51CC

split-complementary

#CC8251 #51CCBF #515DCC

monochromatic

#7E4825 #AD6333 #CC8251 #DAA480 #E8C6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#CC8251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#CC8251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8251

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8251	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7376

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 130, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.112 53.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a683',
    500: '#cc8251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8251;
$custom-light: #e0a683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.902,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67377,
    "c": 0.11211,
    "h": 53.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8251

secondary

#A3C2D6

accent

#A3DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8251

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

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