#CC8566#CC8566

#CC8566 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.098 H 44.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8566
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 102)
HSL	hsl(18, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 50%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 23.88, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 36.74, 49.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0703 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.098 44.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.6897, 30.5747, 16.5896)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8566 #66ADCC

analogous

#CC667A #CC8566 #CCB866

triadic

#CC8566 #66CC85 #8566CC

tetradic

#CC8566 #7ACC66 #66ADCC #B866CC

square

#CC8566 #7ACC66 #66ADCC #B866CC

split-complementary

#CC8566 #66CCB8 #667ACC

monochromatic

#8A4A2E #B8623D #CC8566 #DBAA94 #EBCEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CC8566 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#CC8566 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8566

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8566	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8566	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978D64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89C66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8566;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.098 44.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfa992',
    500: '#cc8566',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8566;
$custom-light: #dfa992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8566",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.235,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68263,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 44.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8566

secondary

#B3CFDB

accent

#AFDA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8566

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

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