#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
RGBrgb(204, 128, 66)
HSLhsl(27, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(27, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 37.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(60.49, 23.86, 45.03)
CIE-LCHlch(60.49, 50.96, 62.08°)
OKLaboklab(66.82% 0.0652 0.1029)
OKLCHoklch(66.82% 0.122 57.7)
XYZxyz(33.6069, 28.6723, 8.9176)
Luminance0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC80421.003.126.736.73
#FFFFFF3.121.0021.0021.00
#0000006.7321.001.001.00
##0000006.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#CC8042 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva