#CC8972#CC8972

#CC8972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.089 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8972
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(15, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(15, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 44.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 22.90, 22.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 32.30, 44.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0686 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.089 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8865, 31.9464, 20.1398)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8972 #72B5CC

analogous

#CC7288 #CC8972 #CCB672

triadic

#CC8972 #72CC89 #8972CC

tetradic

#CC8972 #88CC72 #72B5CC #B672CC

square

#CC8972 #88CC72 #72B5CC #B672CC

split-complementary

#CC8972 #72CCB6 #7288CC

monochromatic

#904B34 #BC6345 #CC8972 #DCAF9F #EDD4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CC8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8972

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8972	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB7E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.089 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9a',
    500: '#cc8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8972;
$custom-light: #deac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.333,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69223,
    "c": 0.08915,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8972

secondary

#BCD5DD

accent

#96BA2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8972

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

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