#CC8959#CC8959

#CC8959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.104 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8959
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(25, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, 20.56, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 41.40, 60.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0587 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.104 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6529, 31.4529, 13.6425)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8959 #599CCC

analogous

#CC5963 #CC8959 #CCC259

triadic

#CC8959 #59CC89 #8959CC

tetradic

#CC8959 #63CC59 #599CCC #C259CC

square

#CC8959 #63CC59 #599CCC #C259CC

split-complementary

#CC8959 #59CCC2 #5963CC

monochromatic

#834E28 #B16A36 #CC8959 #DAAA88 #E9CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CC8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#CC8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8959

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8959	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8F55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9E59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.104 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab89',
    500: '#cc8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8959;
$custom-light: #dfab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.043,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68771,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8959

secondary

#A9C4D8

accent

#A0DC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8959

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

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