#CC842C#CC842C

#CC842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.132 H 66.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC842C
RGB	rgb(204, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 78.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, 20.63, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 59.47, 69.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% 0.0525 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.132 66.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6104, 29.5250, 6.3112)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC842C #2C74CC

analogous

#CC342C #CC842C #C4CC2C

triadic

#CC842C #2CCC84 #842CCC

tetradic

#CC842C #2CCC34 #2C74CC #CC2CC4

square

#CC842C #2CCC34 #2C74CC #CC2CC4

split-complementary

#CC842C #2CC4CC #342CCC

monochromatic

#674316 #9A6321 #CC842C #DBA15A #E6BE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#CC842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#CC842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC842C

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC842C	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)

#9B8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.132 66.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a86c',
    500: '#cc842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc842c;
$custom-light: #e1a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67346,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 66.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC842C

secondary

#83A6D0

accent

#8CE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC842C

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

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