#CC8740#CC8740

#CC8740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8740
RGB	rgb(204, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, 19.94, 47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 51.79, 67.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0532 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.121 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4937, 30.5386, 8.9274)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8740 #4085CC

analogous

#CC4140 #CC8740 #CBCC40

triadic

#CC8740 #40CC87 #8740CC

tetradic

#CC8740 #40CC41 #4085CC #CC40CB

square

#CC8740 #40CC41 #4085CC #CC40CB

split-complementary

#CC8740 #40CBCC #4140CC

monochromatic

#73491F #A3682C #CC8740 #D9A570 #E6C4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CC8740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#CC8740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8740

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8740	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa78',
    500: '#cc8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8740;
$custom-light: #e0aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68077,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8740

secondary

#95B3D2

accent

#93E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8740

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

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