#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
RGB	rgb(204, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, 23.74, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 51.76, 62.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.8% 0.0645 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(66.8% 0.123 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5490, 28.6491, 8.6125)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##CC8040	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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