#CC8238#CC8238

#CC8238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.127 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8238
RGB	rgb(204, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(30, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 22.24, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 54.93, 66.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.0588 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.127 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6009, 29.0914, 7.5862)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8238 #3882CC

analogous

#CC3838 #CC8238 #CCCC38

triadic

#CC8238 #38CC82 #8238CC

tetradic

#CC8238 #38CC38 #3882CC #CC38CC

square

#CC8238 #38CC38 #3882CC #CC38CC

split-complementary

#CC8238 #38CCCC #3838CC

monochromatic

#6E451C #9E6329 #CC8238 #D8A169 #E5BF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#CC8238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#CC8238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8238

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8238	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.127 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a672',
    500: '#cc8238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8238;
$custom-light: #e1a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67081,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8238

secondary

#8FB0D1

accent

#94E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8238

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

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