#CC8844#CC8844

#CC8844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.118 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8844
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 68)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 19.63, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 50.16, 66.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% 0.0528 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.118 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7518, 30.8661, 9.5952)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8844 #4488CC

analogous

#CC4444 #CC8844 #CCCC44

triadic

#CC8844 #44CC88 #8844CC

tetradic

#CC8844 #44CC44 #4488CC #CC44CC

square

#CC8844 #44CC44 #4488CC #CC44CC

split-complementary

#CC8844 #44CCCC #4444CC

monochromatic

#764B20 #A6692D #CC8844 #D9A774 #E6C5A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CC8844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CC8844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8844

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8844	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.118 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa7a',
    500: '#cc8844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8844;
$custom-light: #e0aa7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68306,
    "c": 0.11814,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8844

secondary

#99B6D3

accent

#94E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8844

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

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