#CC8742#CC8742

#CC8742 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.120 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8742
RGB	rgb(204, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.14, 20.05, 46.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.14, 50.96, 66.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% 0.0538 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.12 63.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5517, 30.5618, 9.2325)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8742 #4287CC

analogous

#CC4242 #CC8742 #CCCC42

triadic

#CC8742 #42CC87 #8742CC

tetradic

#CC8742 #42CC42 #4287CC #CC42CC

square

#CC8742 #42CC42 #4287CC #CC42CC

split-complementary

#CC8742 #42CCCC #4242CC

monochromatic

#744A1F #A4682C #CC8742 #D9A672 #E6C4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CC8742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#CC8742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8742

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8742	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)

#9D8D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.120 63.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa79',
    500: '#cc8742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8742;
$custom-light: #e0aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68098,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 63.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8742

secondary

#97B5D3

accent

#94E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8742

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

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