#CC8557#CC8557

#CC8557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.107 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8557
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 87)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(24, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 22.58, 35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 42.33, 57.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.01% 0.0645 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(68.01% 0.107 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0119, 30.3036, 13.0202)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8557 #579ECC

analogous

#CC5763 #CC8557 #CCC057

triadic

#CC8557 #57CC85 #8557CC

tetradic

#CC8557 #63CC57 #579ECC #C057CC

square

#CC8557 #63CC57 #579ECC #C057CC

split-complementary

#CC8557 #57CCC0 #5763CC

monochromatic

#814B27 #B06636 #CC8557 #DAA786 #E9C9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#CC8557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#CC8557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8557

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8557	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD777A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.107 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa987',
    500: '#cc8557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8557;
$custom-light: #dfa987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.59,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68009,
    "c": 0.10699,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8557

secondary

#A8C4D7

accent

#A3DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#160F0B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8557

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

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