#CC8649#CC8649

#CC8649 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8649
RGB	rgb(204, 134, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.97, 21.03, 43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.97, 48.04, 64.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0578 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.115 60)
XYZ	xyz(34.6320, 30.3717, 10.3404)
Luminance	0.3037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8649 #498FCC

analogous

#CC494E #CC8649 #CCC849

triadic

#CC8649 #49CC86 #8649CC

tetradic

#CC8649 #4ECC49 #498FCC #C849CC

square

#CC8649 #4ECC49 #498FCC #C849CC

split-complementary

#CC8649 #49CCC8 #494ECC

monochromatic

#794A22 #A9682F #CC8649 #D9A679 #E7C6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#CC8649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#CC8649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8649

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8649	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 134, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a97e',
    500: '#cc8649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8649;
$custom-light: #e0a97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.939,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67997,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.30369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8649

secondary

#9DBAD4

accent

#99E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8649

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

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