#CC8A45#CC8A45

#CC8A45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.117 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A45
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, 18.60, 46.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 49.82, 68.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% 0.0499 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.117 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0669, 31.4470, 9.8521)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A45 #4587CC

analogous

#CC4645 #CC8A45 #CACC45

triadic

#CC8A45 #45CC8A #8A45CC

tetradic

#CC8A45 #45CC46 #4587CC #CC45CA

square

#CC8A45 #45CC46 #4587CC #CC45CA

split-complementary

#CC8A45 #45CACC #4645CC

monochromatic

#764C20 #A66B2E #CC8A45 #D9A875 #E6C6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CC8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#CC8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A45

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A45	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)

#9F8F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.117 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac7b',
    500: '#cc8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a45;
$custom-light: #e0ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.667,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68689,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A45

secondary

#99B6D3

accent

#92E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A45

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

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