#CC8642#CC8642

#CC8642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.120 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8642
RGB	rgb(204, 134, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, 20.60, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 50.94, 66.15°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% 0.0554 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.12 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4128, 30.2840, 9.1862)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8642 #4288CC

analogous

#CC4243 #CC8642 #CCCB42

triadic

#CC8642 #42CC86 #8642CC

tetradic

#CC8642 #43CC42 #4288CC #CB42CC

square

#CC8642 #43CC42 #4288CC #CB42CC

split-complementary

#CC8642 #42CCCB #4243CC

monochromatic

#74491F #A4682C #CC8642 #D9A572 #E6C4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#CC8642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#CC8642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8642

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8642	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 134, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.120 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0a979',
    500: '#cc8642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8642;
$custom-light: #e0a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.565,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67914,
    "c": 0.11986,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8642

secondary

#97B5D3

accent

#95E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8642

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

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