#CC8848#CC8848

#CC8848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.116 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8848
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 19.87, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 48.49, 65.80°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% 0.0542 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.116 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8781, 30.9166, 10.2602)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8848 #488CCC

analogous

#CC484A #CC8848 #CCCA48

triadic

#CC8848 #48CC88 #8848CC

tetradic

#CC8848 #4ACC48 #488CCC #CA48CC

square

#CC8848 #4ACC48 #488CCC #CA48CC

split-complementary

#CC8848 #48CCCA #484ACC

monochromatic

#784B21 #A86A2F #CC8848 #D9A778 #E7C6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CC8848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#CC8848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8848

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8848	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.116 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa7d',
    500: '#cc8848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8848;
$custom-light: #e0aa7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68353,
    "c": 0.11558,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8848

secondary

#9CB9D4

accent

#96E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8848

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

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