#CC8A74#CC8A74

#CC8A74 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.087 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A74
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(15, 46%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(15, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 43.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, 22.57, 22.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 31.54, 44.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% 0.0677 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.087 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1444, 32.2780, 20.7935)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A74 #74B6CC

analogous

#CC748A #CC8A74 #CCB674

triadic

#CC8A74 #74CC8A #8A74CC

tetradic

#CC8A74 #8ACC74 #74B6CC #B674CC

square

#CC8A74 #8ACC74 #74B6CC #B674CC

split-complementary

#CC8A74 #74CCB6 #748ACC

monochromatic

#914C35 #BC6447 #CC8A74 #DCB0A1 #EDD5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CC8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CC8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A74

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A74	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)

#9A9272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB8084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.087 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deac9c',
    500: '#cc8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a74;
$custom-light: #deac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 46.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69446,
    "c": 0.08741,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A74

secondary

#BED6DE

accent

#96BA2C

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A74

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

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