#CC8B50#CC8B50

#CC8B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.110 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B50
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, 18.78, 41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 45.19, 65.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0521 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.11 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5847, 31.8848, 11.8681)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B50 #5091CC

analogous

#CC5053 #CC8B50 #CCC950

triadic

#CC8B50 #50CC8B #8B50CC

tetradic

#CC8B50 #53CC50 #5091CC #C950CC

square

#CC8B50 #53CC50 #5091CC #C950CC

split-complementary

#CC8B50 #50CCC9 #5053CC

monochromatic

#7D4F24 #AD6C32 #CC8B50 #DAAA7F #E8CAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CC8B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B50

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B50	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F904B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7D7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.110 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad83',
    500: '#cc8b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b50;
$custom-light: #dfad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.548,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69012,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B50

secondary

#A2BDD6

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B50

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

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