#CC8259#CC8259

#CC8259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8259
RGB	rgb(204, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 24.37, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 41.75, 54.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0702 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.107 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6899, 29.5270, 13.3215)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8259 #59A3CC

analogous

#CC596A #CC8259 #CCBB59

triadic

#CC8259 #59CC82 #8259CC

tetradic

#CC8259 #6ACC59 #59A3CC #BB59CC

square

#CC8259 #6ACC59 #59A3CC #BB59CC

split-complementary

#CC8259 #59CCBB #596ACC

monochromatic

#834828 #B16236 #CC8259 #DAA588 #E9C9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#CC8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#CC8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8259

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8259	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89A59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7478

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa688',
    500: '#cc8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8259;
$custom-light: #dfa688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.391,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67499,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8259

secondary

#A9C7D8

accent

#A9DC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8259

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

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