#CC8440#CC8440

#CC8440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.122 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8440
RGB	rgb(204, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, 21.57, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 51.73, 65.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% 0.058 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.122 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0811, 29.7132, 8.7898)
Luminance	0.2971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8440 #4088CC

analogous

#CC4042 #CC8440 #CCCA40

triadic

#CC8440 #40CC84 #8440CC

tetradic

#CC8440 #42CC40 #4088CC #CA40CC

square

#CC8440 #42CC40 #4088CC #CA40CC

split-complementary

#CC8440 #40CCCA #4042CC

monochromatic

#73481F #A3662C #CC8440 #D9A370 #E6C2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#CC8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#CC8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8440

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8440	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.122 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a878',
    500: '#cc8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8440;
$custom-light: #e0a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67526,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8440

secondary

#95B5D2

accent

#96E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8440

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

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