#CC8541#CC8541

#CC8541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.121 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8541
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 65)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, 21.08, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 51.33, 65.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% 0.0567 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.121 62)
XYZ	xyz(34.2460, 29.9972, 8.9865)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8541 #4188CC

analogous

#CC4142 #CC8541 #CCCB41

triadic

#CC8541 #41CC85 #8541CC

tetradic

#CC8541 #42CC41 #4188CC #CB41CC

square

#CC8541 #42CC41 #4188CC #CB41CC

split-complementary

#CC8541 #41CCCB #4142CC

monochromatic

#74481F #A4672C #CC8541 #D9A471 #E6C3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#CC8541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#CC8541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8541

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8541	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.121 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a878',
    500: '#cc8541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8541;
$custom-light: #e0a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.353,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6772,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.29994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8541

secondary

#96B5D3

accent

#96E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8541

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

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