#CC8A73#CC8A73

#CC8A73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.088 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A73
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(16, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 43.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, 22.47, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 31.83, 45.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0673 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.088 40)
XYZ	xyz(37.0866, 32.2549, 20.4888)
Luminance	0.3225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A73 #73B5CC

analogous

#CC7388 #CC8A73 #CCB773

triadic

#CC8A73 #73CC8A #8A73CC

tetradic

#CC8A73 #88CC73 #73B5CC #B773CC

square

#CC8A73 #88CC73 #73B5CC #B773CC

split-complementary

#CC8A73 #73CCB7 #7388CC

monochromatic

#904C34 #BC6546 #CC8A73 #DCAFA0 #EDD5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CC8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CC8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A73

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A73	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)

#9A9271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.088 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9b',
    500: '#cc8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a73;
$custom-light: #deac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.506,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69425,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.32252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A73

secondary

#BDD5DE

accent

#95BA2C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A73

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

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