#CC8140#CC8140

#CC8140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.123 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8140
RGB	rgb(204, 129, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, 23.20, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 51.74, 63.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0629 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.123 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6801, 28.9113, 8.6562)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8140 #408BCC

analogous

#CC4045 #CC8140 #CCC740

triadic

#CC8140 #40CC81 #8140CC

tetradic

#CC8140 #45CC40 #408BCC #C740CC

square

#CC8140 #45CC40 #408BCC #C740CC

split-complementary

#CC8140 #40CCC7 #4045CC

monochromatic

#73461F #A3632C #CC8140 #D9A170 #E6C1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#CC8140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#CC8140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8140

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8140	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 129, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.123 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a677',
    500: '#cc8140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8140;
$custom-light: #e1a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66981,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8140

secondary

#95B6D2

accent

#99E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8140

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

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