#CC8438#CC8438

#CC8438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.126 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8438
RGB	rgb(204, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, 21.15, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 54.95, 67.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% 0.0556 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.126 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8695, 29.6286, 7.6758)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8438 #3880CC

analogous

#CC3A38 #CC8438 #CACC38

triadic

#CC8438 #38CC84 #8438CC

tetradic

#CC8438 #38CC3A #3880CC #CC38CA

square

#CC8438 #38CC3A #3880CC #CC38CA

split-complementary

#CC8438 #38CACC #3A38CC

monochromatic

#6E461C #9E6529 #CC8438 #D8A269 #E5C099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#CC8438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#CC8438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8438

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8438	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.126 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a873',
    500: '#cc8438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8438;
$custom-light: #e1a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.811,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67445,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8438

secondary

#8FAFD1

accent

#92E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8438

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

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