#CC8A61#CC8A61

#CC8A61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.098 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A61
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 52.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, 20.70, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 38.17, 57.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.08% 0.0601 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(69.08% 0.098 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1500, 31.8803, 15.5565)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A61 #61A3CC

analogous

#CC616E #CC8A61 #CCC061

triadic

#CC8A61 #61CC8A #8A61CC

tetradic

#CC8A61 #6ECC61 #61A3CC #C061CC

square

#CC8A61 #6ECC61 #61A3CC #C061CC

split-complementary

#CC8A61 #61CCC0 #616ECC

monochromatic

#874F2C #B56A3B #CC8A61 #DBAC8F #EACFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CC8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A61

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A61	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D905E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.098 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac8e',
    500: '#cc8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a61;
$custom-light: #dfac8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.991,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69085,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A61

secondary

#AFC9D9

accent

#A4DB4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A61

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

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