#CC8551#CC8551

#CC8551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.111 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8551
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 81)
HSL	hsl(25, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(25, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, 22.13, 38.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 44.74, 60.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0622 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.111 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7769, 30.2096, 11.7824)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8551 #5198CC

analogous

#CC515A #CC8551 #CCC351

triadic

#CC8551 #51CC85 #8551CC

tetradic

#CC8551 #5ACC51 #5198CC #C351CC

square

#CC8551 #5ACC51 #5198CC #C351CC

split-complementary

#CC8551 #51CCC3 #515ACC

monochromatic

#7E4A25 #AD6633 #CC8551 #DAA680 #E8C7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#CC8551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#CC8551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8551

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8551	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.111 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a883',
    500: '#cc8551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8551;
$custom-light: #e0a883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.366,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6792,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8551

secondary

#A3C0D6

accent

#9FDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8551

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

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