#CC8240#CC8240

#CC8240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8240
RGB	rgb(204, 130, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.94, 22.66, 46.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.94, 51.73, 64.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0613 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.122 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8124, 29.1760, 8.7003)
Luminance	0.2917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8240 #408ACC

analogous

#CC4044 #CC8240 #CCC840

triadic

#CC8240 #40CC82 #8240CC

tetradic

#CC8240 #44CC40 #408ACC #C840CC

square

#CC8240 #44CC40 #408ACC #C840CC

split-complementary

#CC8240 #40CCC8 #4044CC

monochromatic

#73461F #A3642C #CC8240 #D9A270 #E6C1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#CC8240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#CC8240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8240

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8240	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 130, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a677',
    500: '#cc8240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8240;
$custom-light: #e0a677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67162,
    "c": 0.12222,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8240

secondary

#95B6D2

accent

#98E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8240

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

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