#CC8A60#CC8A60

#CC8A60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.099 H 52.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A60
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 96)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 52.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 20.61, 32.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 38.56, 57.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.07% 0.0597 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(69.07% 0.099 52.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.1037, 31.8617, 15.3125)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A60 #60A2CC

analogous

#CC606C #CC8A60 #CCC060

triadic

#CC8A60 #60CC8A #8A60CC

tetradic

#CC8A60 #6CCC60 #60A2CC #C060CC

square

#CC8A60 #6CCC60 #60A2CC #C060CC

split-complementary

#CC8A60 #60CCC0 #606CCC

monochromatic

#864F2B #B56A3A #CC8A60 #DBAC8E #EACEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8A60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CC8A60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A60

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A60	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D905D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7D80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.099 52.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac8e',
    500: '#cc8a60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a60;
$custom-light: #dfac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.333,
    "s": 51.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69068,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 52.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A60

secondary

#AFC9D9

accent

#A4DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A60

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

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