#CC8A4E#CC8A4E

#CC8A4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.111 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A4E
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(29, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 61.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 19.19, 41.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 46.01, 65.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% 0.053 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.111 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3678, 31.5674, 11.4367)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A4E #4E90CC

analogous

#CC4E51 #CC8A4E #CCC94E

triadic

#CC8A4E #4ECC8A #8A4ECC

tetradic

#CC8A4E #51CC4E #4E90CC #C94ECC

square

#CC8A4E #51CC4E #4E90CC #C94ECC

split-complementary

#CC8A4E #4ECCC9 #4E51CC

monochromatic

#7C4E24 #AB6B31 #CC8A4E #DAA97E #E7C9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CC8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#CC8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A4E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A4E	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.111 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac81',
    500: '#cc8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a4e;
$custom-light: #e0ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.571,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68799,
    "c": 0.11112,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A4E

secondary

#A1BCD5

accent

#97DF49

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A4E

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

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