#CC8738#CC8738

#CC8738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.126 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8738
RGB	rgb(204, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, 19.52, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 55.03, 69.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68% 0.0508 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.126 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2822, 30.4540, 7.8133)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8738 #387DCC

analogous

#CC3D38 #CC8738 #C7CC38

triadic

#CC8738 #38CC87 #8738CC

tetradic

#CC8738 #38CC3D #387DCC #CC38C7

square

#CC8738 #38CC3D #387DCC #CC38C7

split-complementary

#CC8738 #38C7CC #3D38CC

monochromatic

#6E481C #9E6729 #CC8738 #D8A469 #E5C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CC8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#CC8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8738

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8738	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.126 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa73',
    500: '#cc8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8738;
$custom-light: #e1aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.027,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67998,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8738

secondary

#8FAED1

accent

#8FE245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8738

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

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