#CC8342#CC8342

#CC8342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.121 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CC8342
RGBrgb(204, 131, 66)
HSLhsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(28, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 35.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(61.19, 22.23, 45.81)
CIE-LCHlch(61.19, 50.91, 64.11°)
OKLaboklab(67.37% 0.0603 0.1046)
OKLCHoklch(67.37% 0.121 60)
XYZxyz(34.0040, 29.4665, 9.0500)
Luminance0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CC8342 #428BCC
analogous
#CC4246 #CC8342 #CCC842
triadic
#CC8342 #42CC83 #8342CC
tetradic
#CC8342 #46CC42 #428BCC #C842CC
square
#CC8342 #46CC42 #428BCC #C842CC
split-complementary
#CC8342 #42CCC8 #4246CC
monochromatic
#74471F #A4652C #CC8342 #D9A372 #E6C2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05
#CC8342 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89
#CC8342 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8342
6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CC8342#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CC83421.003.056.896.89
#FFFFFF3.051.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8921.001.001.00
##0000006.8921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#998A3B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9A43
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DE7375
Achromatopsia (no color)
#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cc8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.121 60.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a779',
    500: '#cc8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cc8342;
$custom-light: #e0a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cc8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.261,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67366,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.29463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CC8342
secondary
#97B7D3
accent
#98E147
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FDF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#160F09
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8342

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#CC8342 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva