#CC842B#CC842B

#CC842B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.133 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC842B
RGB	rgb(204, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 78.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 20.60, 56.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 59.82, 69.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% 0.0522 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.133 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5919, 29.5176, 6.2134)
Luminance	0.2951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC842B #2B73CC

analogous

#CC342B #CC842B #C3CC2B

triadic

#CC842B #2BCC84 #842BCC

tetradic

#CC842B #2BCC34 #2B73CC #CC2BC3

square

#CC842B #2BCC34 #2B73CC #CC2BC3

split-complementary

#CC842B #2BC3CC #342BCC

monochromatic

#674316 #996320 #CC842B #DCA158 #E7BE8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#CC842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#CC842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC842B

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC842B	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)

#9B8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.133 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a86b',
    500: '#cc842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc842b;
$custom-light: #e1a86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.168,
    "s": 65.182,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67339,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC842B

secondary

#82A5D0

accent

#8BE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#170F07

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC842B

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

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