#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
RGB	rgb(204, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.19, 22.23, 45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.19, 50.91, 64.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% 0.0603 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.121 60)
XYZ	xyz(34.0040, 29.4665, 9.0500)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##CC8342	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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