#CC8A55#CC8A55

#CC8A55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.106 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A55
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(27, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 19.70, 38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 43.05, 62.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.9% 0.0555 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(68.9% 0.106 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6322, 31.6732, 12.8294)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A55 #5597CC

analogous

#CC555C #CC8A55 #CCC655

triadic

#CC8A55 #55CC8A #8A55CC

tetradic

#CC8A55 #5CCC55 #5597CC #C655CC

square

#CC8A55 #5CCC55 #5597CC #C655CC

split-complementary

#CC8A55 #55CCC6 #555CCC

monochromatic

#804E26 #AF6B35 #CC8A55 #DAAA84 #E8CBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CC8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#CC8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A55

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A55	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.106 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac86',
    500: '#cc8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a55;
$custom-light: #dfac86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.723,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68896,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A55

secondary

#A6C1D7

accent

#9CDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A55

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

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