#CC8949#CC8949

#CC8949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.115 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8949
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 19.39, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 48.09, 66.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% 0.0529 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.115 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0525, 31.2128, 10.4806)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8949 #498CCC

analogous

#CC494B #CC8949 #CCCB49

triadic

#CC8949 #49CC89 #8949CC

tetradic

#CC8949 #4BCC49 #498CCC #CB49CC

square

#CC8949 #4BCC49 #498CCC #CB49CC

split-complementary

#CC8949 #49CCCB #494BCC

monochromatic

#794C22 #A96B2F #CC8949 #D9A879 #E7C7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CC8949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#CC8949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8949

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8949	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.115 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab7e',
    500: '#cc8949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8949;
$custom-light: #e0ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.313,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6855,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8949

secondary

#9DB9D4

accent

#96E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8949

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

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