#CC8542#CC8542

#CC8542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8542
RGB	rgb(204, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 21.14, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 50.92, 65.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0571 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.12 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2752, 30.0089, 9.1404)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8542 #4289CC

analogous

#CC4244 #CC8542 #CCCA42

triadic

#CC8542 #42CC85 #8542CC

tetradic

#CC8542 #44CC42 #4289CC #CA42CC

square

#CC8542 #44CC42 #4289CC #CA42CC

split-complementary

#CC8542 #42CCCA #4244CC

monochromatic

#74491F #A4672C #CC8542 #D9A472 #E6C3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#CC8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#CC8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8542

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8542	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)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a879',
    500: '#cc8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8542;
$custom-light: #e0a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.13,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67731,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8542

secondary

#97B6D3

accent

#96E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8542

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

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