#CC842A#CC842A

#CC842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.133 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC842A
RGB	rgb(204, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(33, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 79.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.23, 20.56, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.23, 60.17, 70.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% 0.052 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.133 67)
XYZ	xyz(33.5737, 29.5103, 6.1179)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC842A #2A72CC

analogous

#CC332A #CC842A #C3CC2A

triadic

#CC842A #2ACC84 #842ACC

tetradic

#CC842A #2ACC33 #2A72CC #CC2AC3

square

#CC842A #2ACC33 #2A72CC #CC2AC3

split-complementary

#CC842A #2AC3CC #332ACC

monochromatic

#664215 #996320 #CC842A #DCA157 #E7BD8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#CC842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#CC842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC842A

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC842A	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.133 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a86b',
    500: '#cc842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc842a;
$custom-light: #e1a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67332,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.29507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC842A

secondary

#81A4D1

accent

#8AE93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F07

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC842A

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

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