#CC8142#CC8142

#CC8142 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.121 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8142
RGB	rgb(204, 129, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 23.32, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 50.94, 62.76°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0635 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.121 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7380, 28.9344, 8.9613)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8142 #428DCC

analogous

#CC4248 #CC8142 #CCC642

triadic

#CC8142 #42CC81 #8142CC

tetradic

#CC8142 #48CC42 #428DCC #C642CC

square

#CC8142 #48CC42 #428DCC #C642CC

split-complementary

#CC8142 #42CCC6 #4248CC

monochromatic

#74461F #A4632C #CC8142 #D9A172 #E6C1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#CC8142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#CC8142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8142

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8142	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98883B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 129, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.121 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a679',
    500: '#cc8142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8142;
$custom-light: #e0a679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67004,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8142

secondary

#97B7D3

accent

#9BE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8142

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

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