#CC8442#CC8442

#CC8442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.120 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8442
RGB	rgb(204, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 21.69, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 50.92, 64.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% 0.0587 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.12 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1390, 29.7364, 9.0950)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8442 #428ACC

analogous

#CC4245 #CC8442 #CCC942

triadic

#CC8442 #42CC84 #8442CC

tetradic

#CC8442 #45CC42 #428ACC #C942CC

square

#CC8442 #45CC42 #428ACC #C942CC

split-complementary

#CC8442 #42CCC9 #4245CC

monochromatic

#74481F #A4662C #CC8442 #D9A372 #E6C3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#CC8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#CC8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8442

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8442	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.120 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a879',
    500: '#cc8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8442;
$custom-light: #e0a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67548,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8442

secondary

#97B6D3

accent

#97E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8442

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

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