Cork Wood `#CC7744`

Cork Wood (#CC7744) is a mid-tone, soft orange with an OKLCH hue of 50°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.125. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.

Color values

HEX	`#CC7744`
RGB	`rgb(204, 119, 68)`
HSL	`hsl(22, 57%, 53%)`
HSV	`hsv(22, 67%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 42%, 67%, 20%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(58.5 28.8 41.7)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.653 0.125 50)`

How Cork Wood behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cork Wood is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ce733d — ΔE 1.0, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d07741 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cc7744 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #cc7845 — ΔE 0.2, is virtually unchanged

Test Cork Wood in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.34:1 and against black 6.29:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Cork Wood

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffe2d3 · #f9ac80 · #cc7744 · #ab5d2d · #803c09 · #512100

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#d4af6a · #d19452 · #cc7744 · #b8624e · #a15055 · #874257

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#b6b183 · #cc7744 · #a35e34 · #615700 · #612900 · #282300

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#4bc0f2 · #cc7744 · #82695c · #6f452c · #4d2913 · #291205

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e7f4fc · #b9a79e · #cc7744 · #6d777c · #3d2c23 · #000103

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e8f4fa · #bfcdd5 · #92a2ab · #182d37 · #000b14 · #cc7744

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e2f5ff · #62b7df · #cc7744 · #0080aa · #00364a · #1f0600

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#c3dbbb · #81a8d8 · #cc7744 · #416769 · #384350 · #151004

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#dafbee · #63c0a2 · #cc7744 · #7566b9 · #322362 · #000402

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e5f9e1 · #89bb7f · #cc7744 · #0080aa · #471951 · #00050c

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#D78B5F · #E29F79 · #ECB393 · #F7C7AD · #FFDBC8

Shades

#AB5F31 · #8C481D · #6D3308 · #4E1F00 · #2F0F00

Muted

#C07E57 · #B48368 · #A88878

Using Cork Wood

Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.