#CC8945#CC8945

#CC8945 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.117 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8945
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 69)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 19.14, 45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 49.78, 67.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% 0.0516 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.117 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9241, 31.1614, 9.8045)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8945 #4588CC

analogous

#CC4545 #CC8945 #CCCC45

triadic

#CC8945 #45CC89 #8945CC

tetradic

#CC8945 #45CC45 #4588CC #CC45CC

square

#CC8945 #45CC45 #4588CC #CC45CC

split-complementary

#CC8945 #45CCCC #4545CC

monochromatic

#764C20 #A66A2E #CC8945 #D9A775 #E6C6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CC8945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CC8945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8945

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8945	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.117 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab7b',
    500: '#cc8945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8945;
$custom-light: #e0ab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.222,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68503,
    "c": 0.1173,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8945

secondary

#99B6D3

accent

#93E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8945

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

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