#CC8961#CC8961

#CC8961 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.099 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8961
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 21.24, 31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 38.22, 56.23°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0618 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.099 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0072, 31.5947, 15.5089)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8961 #61A4CC

analogous

#CC616F #CC8961 #CCBF61

triadic

#CC8961 #61CC89 #8961CC

tetradic

#CC8961 #6FCC61 #61A4CC #BF61CC

square

#CC8961 #6FCC61 #61A4CC #BF61CC

split-complementary

#CC8961 #61CCBF #616FCC

monochromatic

#874E2C #B5683B #CC8961 #DBAC8F #EACEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CC8961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CC8961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8961

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8961	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C905E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9E61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.099 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfab8e',
    500: '#cc8961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8961;
$custom-light: #dfab8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.43,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68901,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8961

secondary

#AFCAD9

accent

#A6DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8961

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

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