#CC8E55#CC8E55

#CC8E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.105 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E55
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 85)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, 17.52, 39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 43.16, 66.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.049 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.105 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2167, 32.8421, 13.0243)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E55 #5593CC

analogous

#CC5558 #CC8E55 #CCC955

triadic

#CC8E55 #55CC8E #8E55CC

tetradic

#CC8E55 #58CC55 #5593CC #C955CC

square

#CC8E55 #58CC55 #5593CC #C955CC

split-complementary

#CC8E55 #55CCC9 #5558CC

monochromatic

#805126 #AF6F35 #CC8E55 #DAAD84 #E8CDB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CC8E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#CC8E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E55

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E55	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD8180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.105 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfaf86',
    500: '#cc8e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e55;
$custom-light: #dfaf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.739,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69643,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E55

secondary

#A6BFD7

accent

#97DD4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4EF

border

#D5CECA

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E55

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

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