#CC8A57#CC8A57

#CC8A57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.105 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A57
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, 19.86, 37.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 42.22, 61.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0563 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.105 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7128, 31.7054, 13.2538)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A57 #5799CC

analogous

#CC575F #CC8A57 #CCC557

triadic

#CC8A57 #57CC8A #8A57CC

tetradic

#CC8A57 #5FCC57 #5799CC #C557CC

square

#CC8A57 #5FCC57 #5799CC #C557CC

split-complementary

#CC8A57 #57CCC5 #575FCC

monochromatic

#814F27 #B06B36 #CC8A57 #DAAB86 #E9CBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CC8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#CC8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A57

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A57	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.105 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac87',
    500: '#cc8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a57;
$custom-light: #dfac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.154,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68926,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A57

secondary

#A8C2D7

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A57

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

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