#CC8850#CC8850

#CC8850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.110 H 58.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8850
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 80)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 20.42, 40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 45.13, 63.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.057 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.11 58.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1563, 31.0279, 11.7253)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8850 #5094CC

analogous

#CC5056 #CC8850 #CCC650

triadic

#CC8850 #50CC88 #8850CC

tetradic

#CC8850 #56CC50 #5094CC #C650CC

square

#CC8850 #56CC50 #5094CC #C650CC

split-complementary

#CC8850 #50CCC6 #5056CC

monochromatic

#7D4D24 #AD6932 #CC8850 #DAA87F #E8C8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CC8850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#CC8850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8850

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8850	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7A7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.110 58.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab82',
    500: '#cc8850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8850;
$custom-light: #dfab82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.097,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68456,
    "c": 0.11033,
    "h": 58.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8850

secondary

#A2BED6

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8850

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

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