#CC8040#CC8040

#CC8040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.123 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC8040
RGBrgb(204, 128, 64)
HSLhsl(27, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(27, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(60.47, 23.74, 45.99)
CIE-LCHlch(60.47, 51.76, 62.69°)
OKLaboklab(66.8% 0.0645 0.1047)
OKLCHoklch(66.8% 0.123 58.4)
XYZxyz(33.5490, 28.6491, 8.6125)
Luminance0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC8040 #408CCC
analogous
#CC4046 #CC8040 #CCC640
triadic
#CC8040 #40CC80 #8040CC
tetradic
#CC8040 #46CC40 #408CCC #C640CC
square
#CC8040 #46CC40 #408CCC #C640CC
split-complementary
#CC8040 #40CCC6 #4046CC
monochromatic
#73451F #A3622C #CC8040 #D9A070 #E6C0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12
#CC8040 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73
#CC8040 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8040
6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC8040#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CC80401.003.126.736.73
#FFFFFF3.121.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7321.001.001.00
##0000006.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#978739
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A99940
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DE7072
Achromatopsia (no color)
#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.123 58.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a577',
    500: '#cc8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc8040;
$custom-light: #e1a577;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66801,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC8040
secondary
#95B7D2
accent
#9BE147
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FDF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#160F09
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8040

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#CC8040 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva