#CC8B45#CC8B45

#CC8B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.117 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B45
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 18.05, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 49.87, 68.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% 0.0483 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.117 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2111, 31.7353, 9.9001)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B45 #4586CC

analogous

#CC4745 #CC8B45 #C9CC45

triadic

#CC8B45 #45CC8B #8B45CC

tetradic

#CC8B45 #45CC47 #4586CC #CC45C9

square

#CC8B45 #45CC47 #4586CC #CC45C9

split-complementary

#CC8B45 #45C9CC #4745CC

monochromatic

#764D20 #A66C2E #CC8B45 #D9A975 #E6C7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CC8B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CC8B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B45

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B45	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.117 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad7b',
    500: '#cc8b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b45;
$custom-light: #e0ad7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.111,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68876,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B45

secondary

#99B5D3

accent

#91E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B45

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

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