#CC8042#CC8042

#CC8042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.122 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8042
RGB	rgb(204, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 23.86, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 50.96, 62.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0652 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.122 57.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6069, 28.6723, 8.9176)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8042 #428ECC

analogous

#CC4249 #CC8042 #CCC542

triadic

#CC8042 #42CC80 #8042CC

tetradic

#CC8042 #49CC42 #428ECC #C542CC

square

#CC8042 #49CC42 #428ECC #C542CC

split-complementary

#CC8042 #42CCC5 #4249CC

monochromatic

#74451F #A4622C #CC8042 #D9A072 #E6C1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#CC8042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#CC8042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8042

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8042	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)

#97883C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.122 57.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a579',
    500: '#cc8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8042;
$custom-light: #e0a579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66824,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 57.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8042

secondary

#97B8D3

accent

#9CE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8042

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

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