#CC8535#CC8535

#CC8535 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.128 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8535
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 53)
HSL	hsl(32, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(32, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, 20.47, 52.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 56.14, 68.62°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% 0.0532 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.128 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9346, 29.8727, 7.3463)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8535 #357CCC

analogous

#CC3935 #CC8535 #C8CC35

triadic

#CC8535 #35CC85 #8535CC

tetradic

#CC8535 #35CC39 #357CCC #CC35C8

square

#CC8535 #35CC39 #357CCC #CC35C8

split-complementary

#CC8535 #35C8CC #3935CC

monochromatic

#6B461B #9C6527 #CC8535 #D8A366 #E5C097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#CC8535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#CC8535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8535

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8535	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7474

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.128 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a871',
    500: '#cc8535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8535;
$custom-light: #e1a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.788,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67602,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8535

secondary

#8DACD0

accent

#8FE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8535

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

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