#CC8956#CC8956

#CC8956 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.106 H 57.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8956
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 20.32, 37.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 42.63, 61.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0576 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.106 57.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5294, 31.4035, 12.9926)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8956 #5699CC

analogous

#CC565E #CC8956 #CCC456

triadic

#CC8956 #56CC89 #8956CC

tetradic

#CC8956 #5ECC56 #5699CC #C456CC

square

#CC8956 #5ECC56 #5699CC #C456CC

split-complementary

#CC8956 #56CCC4 #565ECC

monochromatic

#814E27 #B06A35 #CC8956 #DAAA85 #E8CBB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CC8956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CC8956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8956

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8956	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#9D8F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7B7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.106 57.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab87',
    500: '#cc8956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8956;
$custom-light: #dfab87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.932,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 57.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8956

secondary

#A7C2D7

accent

#9EDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8956

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

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