#CC8B49#CC8B49

#CC8B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.114 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B49
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 18.30, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 48.17, 67.67°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0496 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.114 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3394, 31.7866, 10.5763)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B49 #498ACC

analogous

#CC4A49 #CC8B49 #CCCC49

triadic

#CC8B49 #49CC8B #8B49CC

tetradic

#CC8B49 #49CC4A #498ACC #CC49CC

square

#CC8B49 #49CC4A #498ACC #CC49CC

split-complementary

#CC8B49 #49CCCC #4A49CC

monochromatic

#794E22 #A96C2F #CC8B49 #D9A979 #E7C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CC8B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B49

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B49	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7C7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.114 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad7e',
    500: '#cc8b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b49;
$custom-light: #e0ad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.229,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68923,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B49

secondary

#9DB8D4

accent

#93E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B49

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

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