#CC8B59#CC8B59

#CC8B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.103 H 57.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B59
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(26, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.37, 19.47, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.37, 41.39, 61.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0554 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.103 57.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9398, 32.0268, 13.7382)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B59 #599ACC

analogous

#CC5961 #CC8B59 #CCC459

triadic

#CC8B59 #59CC8B #8B59CC

tetradic

#CC8B59 #61CC59 #599ACC #C459CC

square

#CC8B59 #61CC59 #599ACC #C459CC

split-complementary

#CC8B59 #59CCC4 #5961CC

monochromatic

#834F28 #B16C36 #CC8B59 #DAAC88 #E9CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CC8B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B59

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B59	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.103 57.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfad89',
    500: '#cc8b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b59;
$custom-light: #dfad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.087,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69141,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 57.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B59

secondary

#A9C3D8

accent

#9DDC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B59

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

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