#CC894B Hex Color
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Muted, sun-baked orange with a soft brown undertone. The hex code #cc894b reads warm and mellow, more clay than traffic cone, and holds up well as a background for black text at about 7.2:1 contrast. It works as a dominant base in autumn, food, and youth branding, and looks sharper beside deep teal than beside plain white.
Questions about #cc894b
What is #cc894b in RGB, HSL and CMYK?
In RGB, #cc894b is rgb(204, 137, 75), in HSL hsl(29, 56%, 55%) and in CMYK 0%, 33%, 63%, 20%. Browse more shades of orange with names and hex codes.
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Is #cc894b readable on white or black?
#cc894b has a 2.89:1 contrast ratio on white and 7.24:1 on black. WCAG asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, so on white it is too faint for text and on black it works for body text. Try other pairs in the contrast checker.