#CC8538#CC8538

#CC8538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.126 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8538
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, 20.61, 50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 54.97, 67.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% 0.054 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.126 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0058, 29.9011, 7.7212)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8538 #387FCC

analogous

#CC3B38 #CC8538 #C9CC38

triadic

#CC8538 #38CC85 #8538CC

tetradic

#CC8538 #38CC3B #387FCC #CC38C9

square

#CC8538 #38CC3B #387FCC #CC38C9

split-complementary

#CC8538 #38C9CC #3B38CC

monochromatic

#6E461C #9E6629 #CC8538 #D8A369 #E5C199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#CC8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#CC8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8538

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8538	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.126 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a873',
    500: '#cc8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8538;
$custom-light: #e1a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.216,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67629,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8538

secondary

#8FAFD1

accent

#91E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8538

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

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