#CC8951#CC8951

#CC8951 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.109 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8951
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 81)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(27, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 19.95, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 44.72, 63.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0557 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.109 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3350, 31.3258, 11.9685)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8951 #5194CC

analogous

#CC5156 #CC8951 #CCC651

triadic

#CC8951 #51CC89 #8951CC

tetradic

#CC8951 #56CC51 #5194CC #C651CC

square

#CC8951 #56CC51 #5194CC #C651CC

split-complementary

#CC8951 #51CCC6 #5156CC

monochromatic

#7E4D25 #AD6A33 #CC8951 #DAA980 #E8C9B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CC8951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#CC8951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8951

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8951	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.109 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab83',
    500: '#cc8951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8951;
$custom-light: #dfab83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.317,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68654,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8951

secondary

#A3BFD6

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8951

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

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