#CC8A62#CC8A62

#CC8A62 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.098 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A62
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 98)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 52%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, 20.79, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 37.78, 56.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0605 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.098 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1970, 31.8991, 15.8036)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A62 #62A4CC

analogous

#CC626F #CC8A62 #CCBF62

triadic

#CC8A62 #62CC8A #8A62CC

tetradic

#CC8A62 #6FCC62 #62A4CC #BF62CC

square

#CC8A62 #6FCC62 #62A4CC #BF62CC

split-complementary

#CC8A62 #62CCBF #626FCC

monochromatic

#884F2C #B6693B #CC8A62 #DBAC90 #EACFBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8A62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CC8A62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A62

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A62	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)

#9C915F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.098 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac8f',
    500: '#cc8a62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a62;
$custom-light: #dfac8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.642,
    "s": 50.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69102,
    "c": 0.09766,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A62

secondary

#B0CADA

accent

#A5DA4D

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A62

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

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