#CC8A49#CC8A49

#CC8A49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.114 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A49
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 18.85, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 48.13, 66.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.0513 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.114 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1953, 31.4984, 10.5282)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A49 #498BCC

analogous

#CC494A #CC8A49 #CCCC49

triadic

#CC8A49 #49CC8A #8A49CC

tetradic

#CC8A49 #4ACC49 #498BCC #CC49CC

square

#CC8A49 #4ACC49 #498BCC #CC49CC

split-complementary

#CC8A49 #49CCCC #494ACC

monochromatic

#794D22 #A96B2F #CC8A49 #D9A979 #E7C7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CC8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#CC8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A49

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A49	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)

#9F8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.114 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac7e',
    500: '#cc8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a49;
$custom-light: #e0ac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.771,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68736,
    "c": 0.11449,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A49

secondary

#9DB9D4

accent

#94E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A49

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

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