#CC8A59#CC8A59

#CC8A59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.104 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A59
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, 20.02, 36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 41.39, 61.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.057 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.104 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7957, 31.7385, 13.6901)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A59 #599BCC

analogous

#CC5962 #CC8A59 #CCC359

triadic

#CC8A59 #59CC8A #8A59CC

tetradic

#CC8A59 #62CC59 #599BCC #C359CC

square

#CC8A59 #62CC59 #599BCC #C359CC

split-complementary

#CC8A59 #59CCC3 #5962CC

monochromatic

#834F28 #B16B36 #CC8A59 #DAAB88 #E9CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CC8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CC8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A59

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A59	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.104 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac89',
    500: '#cc8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a59;
$custom-light: #dfac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.565,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68956,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A59

secondary

#A9C4D8

accent

#9FDC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A59

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

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