#CC8561#CC8561

#CC8561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8561
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(20, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 23.42, 30.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 38.51, 52.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0683 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.101 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4491, 30.4785, 15.3229)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8561 #61A8CC

analogous

#CC6173 #CC8561 #CCBB61

triadic

#CC8561 #61CC85 #8561CC

tetradic

#CC8561 #73CC61 #61A8CC #BB61CC

square

#CC8561 #73CC61 #61A8CC #BB61CC

split-complementary

#CC8561 #61CCBB #6173CC

monochromatic

#874A2C #B5643B #CC8561 #DBA98F #EACCBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CC8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#CC8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8561

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8561	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988D5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC787C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa98e',
    500: '#cc8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8561;
$custom-light: #dfa98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.187,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68173,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8561

secondary

#AFCBD9

accent

#ABDB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8561

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

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