#CC8A72#CC8A72

#CC8A72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A72
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(16, 47%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(16, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 44.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, 22.36, 23.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 32.14, 45.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0669 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.088 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0293, 32.2320, 20.1874)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A72 #72B4CC

analogous

#CC7287 #CC8A72 #CCB772

triadic

#CC8A72 #72CC8A #8A72CC

tetradic

#CC8A72 #87CC72 #72B4CC #B772CC

square

#CC8A72 #87CC72 #72B4CC #B772CC

split-complementary

#CC8A72 #72CCB7 #7287CC

monochromatic

#904C34 #BC6545 #CC8A72 #DCAF9F #EDD5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CC8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CC8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A72

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A72	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9a',
    500: '#cc8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a72;
$custom-light: #deac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 46.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69405,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A72

secondary

#BCD5DD

accent

#94BA2B

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A72

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

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