#CC8038#CC8038

#CC8038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.127 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8038
RGB	rgb(204, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 23.33, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 54.94, 64.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.0621 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.127 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3375, 28.5645, 7.4984)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8038 #3884CC

analogous

#CC383A #CC8038 #CCCA38

triadic

#CC8038 #38CC80 #8038CC

tetradic

#CC8038 #3ACC38 #3884CC #CA38CC

square

#CC8038 #3ACC38 #3884CC #CA38CC

split-complementary

#CC8038 #38CCCA #383ACC

monochromatic

#6E441C #9E6229 #CC8038 #D89F69 #E5BE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#CC8038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#CC8038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8038

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8038	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6F71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.127 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a572',
    500: '#cc8038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8038;
$custom-light: #e1a572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.189,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66719,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8038

secondary

#8FB1D1

accent

#96E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8038

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

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