#CC8955#CC8955

#CC8955 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.107 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8955
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 85)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 20.25, 37.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 43.05, 61.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% 0.0572 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.107 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4894, 31.3875, 12.7818)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8955 #5598CC

analogous

#CC555D #CC8955 #CCC455

triadic

#CC8955 #55CC89 #8955CC

tetradic

#CC8955 #5DCC55 #5598CC #C455CC

square

#CC8955 #5DCC55 #5598CC #C455CC

split-complementary

#CC8955 #55CCC4 #555DCC

monochromatic

#804E26 #AF6A35 #CC8955 #DAAA84 #E8CAB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CC8955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CC8955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8955

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8955	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.107 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab86',
    500: '#cc8955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8955;
$custom-light: #dfab86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.218,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68711,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8955

secondary

#A6C1D7

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8955

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

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