#CC8A65#CC8A65

#CC8A65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.096 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A65
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 101)
HSL	hsl(22, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(22, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 50.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.31, 21.06, 29.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.31, 36.63, 54.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% 0.0617 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.096 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3413, 31.9568, 16.5636)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A65 #65A7CC

analogous

#CC6574 #CC8A65 #CCBD65

triadic

#CC8A65 #65CC8A #8A65CC

tetradic

#CC8A65 #74CC65 #65A7CC #BD65CC

square

#CC8A65 #74CC65 #65A7CC #BD65CC

split-complementary

#CC8A65 #65CCBD #6574CC

monochromatic

#894E2D #B7693D #CC8A65 #DBAD93 #EAD0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8A65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CC8A65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A65

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A65	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9162

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC7E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.096 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac91',
    500: '#cc8a65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a65;
$custom-light: #deac91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.553,
    "s": 50.244,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69155,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A65

secondary

#B2CCDA

accent

#A8DA4E

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100D

muted

#847F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A65

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

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