#CC8946#CC8946

#CC8946 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.117 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8946
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 70)
HSL	hsl(30, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 65.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 19.20, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 49.36, 67.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.51% 0.0519 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(68.51% 0.117 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9554, 31.1739, 9.9694)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8946 #4689CC

analogous

#CC4646 #CC8946 #CCCC46

triadic

#CC8946 #46CC89 #8946CC

tetradic

#CC8946 #46CC46 #4689CC #CC46CC

square

#CC8946 #46CC46 #4689CC #CC46CC

split-complementary

#CC8946 #46CCCC #4646CC

monochromatic

#774C21 #A76A2E #CC8946 #D9A876 #E6C6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CC8946 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CC8946 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8946

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8946	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8946	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)

#9E8E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8946;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.117 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab7c',
    500: '#cc8946',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8946;
$custom-light: #e0ab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8946",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 56.78,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68514,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8946

secondary

#9AB7D4

accent

#94E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8946

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

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