#CC8A50#CC8A50

#CC8A50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.110 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A50
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, 19.33, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 45.16, 64.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0537 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.11 60.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4406, 31.5965, 11.8200)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A50 #5092CC

analogous

#CC5054 #CC8A50 #CCC850

triadic

#CC8A50 #50CC8A #8A50CC

tetradic

#CC8A50 #54CC50 #5092CC #C850CC

square

#CC8A50 #54CC50 #5092CC #C850CC

split-complementary

#CC8A50 #50CCC8 #5054CC

monochromatic

#7D4E24 #AD6B32 #CC8A50 #DAAA7F #E8C9AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CC8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CC8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A50

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A50	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E904B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.110 60.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac83',
    500: '#cc8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a50;
$custom-light: #dfac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.065,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68826,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 60.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A50

secondary

#A2BED6

accent

#99DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A50

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

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