#CC8F59#CC8F59

#CC8F59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.102 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8F59
RGB	rgb(204, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, 17.29, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 41.48, 65.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% 0.0489 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.102 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5296, 33.2064, 13.9348)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8F59 #5996CC

analogous

#CC595D #CC8F59 #CCC859

triadic

#CC8F59 #59CC8F #8F59CC

tetradic

#CC8F59 #5DCC59 #5996CC #C859CC

square

#CC8F59 #5DCC59 #5996CC #C859CC

split-complementary

#CC8F59 #59CCC8 #595DCC

monochromatic

#835328 #B17036 #CC8F59 #DAAF88 #E9CEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#CC8F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#CC8F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8F59

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8F59	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC8282

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.102 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfb089',
    500: '#cc8f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8f59;
$custom-light: #dfb089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.174,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69889,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8F59

secondary

#A9C2D8

accent

#98DC4B

background

#FEFAF8

surface

#FCF4F0

border

#D5CECB

text

#16100B

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8F59

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

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