#CC8A48#CC8A48

#CC8A48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.115 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A48
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 64.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, 18.78, 44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 48.55, 67.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0509 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.115 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1624, 31.4852, 10.3550)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A48 #488ACC

analogous

#CC4848 #CC8A48 #CCCC48

triadic

#CC8A48 #48CC8A #8A48CC

tetradic

#CC8A48 #48CC48 #488ACC #CC48CC

square

#CC8A48 #48CC48 #488ACC #CC48CC

split-complementary

#CC8A48 #48CCCC #4848CC

monochromatic

#784D21 #A86B2F #CC8A48 #D9A978 #E7C7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CC8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#CC8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A48

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A48	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.115 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac7d',
    500: '#cc8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a48;
$custom-light: #e0ac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68724,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A48

secondary

#9CB8D4

accent

#94E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A48

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

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