#CC8A51#CC8A51

#CC8A51 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.109 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A51
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(28, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, 19.40, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 44.74, 64.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0541 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.109 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4778, 31.6114, 12.0161)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A51 #5193CC

analogous

#CC5155 #CC8A51 #CCC851

triadic

#CC8A51 #51CC8A #8A51CC

tetradic

#CC8A51 #55CC51 #5193CC #C851CC

square

#CC8A51 #55CC51 #5193CC #C851CC

split-complementary

#CC8A51 #51CCC8 #5155CC

monochromatic

#7E4E25 #AD6B33 #CC8A51 #DAAA80 #E8CAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CC8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CC8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A51

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A51	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)

#9E904C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.109 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac83',
    500: '#cc8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a51;
$custom-light: #dfac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.805,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6884,
    "c": 0.10908,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A51

secondary

#A3BED6

accent

#99DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A51

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

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