#CC8D57#CC8D57

#CC8D57 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8D57
RGB	rgb(204, 141, 87)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 18.22, 38.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 42.27, 64.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0514 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.104 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.1492, 32.5781, 13.3993)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8D57 #5796CC

analogous

#CC575C #CC8D57 #CCC757

triadic

#CC8D57 #57CC8D #8D57CC

tetradic

#CC8D57 #5CCC57 #5796CC #C757CC

square

#CC8D57 #5CCC57 #5796CC #C757CC

split-complementary

#CC8D57 #57CCC7 #575CCC

monochromatic

#815127 #B06E36 #CC8D57 #DAAD86 #E9CDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CC8D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CC8D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8D57

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8D57	1.00	2.79	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8080

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 141, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfae87',
    500: '#cc8d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8d57;
$custom-light: #dfae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.692,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69484,
    "c": 0.10413,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8D57

secondary

#A8C1D7

accent

#9ADD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8D57

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

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