#CC8242#CC8242

#CC8242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.121 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8242
RGB	rgb(204, 130, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, 22.77, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 50.92, 63.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% 0.0619 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.121 59.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8704, 29.1992, 9.0054)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8242 #428CCC

analogous

#CC4247 #CC8242 #CCC742

triadic

#CC8242 #42CC82 #8242CC

tetradic

#CC8242 #47CC42 #428CCC #C742CC

square

#CC8242 #47CC42 #428CCC #C742CC

split-complementary

#CC8242 #42CCC7 #4247CC

monochromatic

#74471F #A4642C #CC8242 #D9A272 #E6C2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#CC8242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#CC8242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8242

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8242	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 130, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.121 59.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a679',
    500: '#cc8242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8242;
$custom-light: #e0a679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.826,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67184,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 59.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8242

secondary

#97B7D3

accent

#99E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8242

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

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