#CC8A63#CC8A63

#CC8A63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.097 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A63
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(22, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 51.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, 20.88, 31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 37.39, 56.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0609 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.097 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2445, 31.9181, 16.0538)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A63 #63A5CC

analogous

#CC6371 #CC8A63 #CCBF63

triadic

#CC8A63 #63CC8A #8A63CC

tetradic

#CC8A63 #71CC63 #63A5CC #BF63CC

square

#CC8A63 #71CC63 #63A5CC #BF63CC

split-complementary

#CC8A63 #63CCBF #6371CC

monochromatic

#884F2C #B6693C #CC8A63 #DBAD91 #EACFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CC8A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A63

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A63	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#9C9160

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.097 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfac90',
    500: '#cc8a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a63;
$custom-light: #dfac90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.286,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6912,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A63

secondary

#B1CBDA

accent

#A6DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100C

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A63

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

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