#CC8827#CC8827

#CC8827 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.134 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8827
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(35, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 81%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 80.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 18.28, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 61.32, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.045 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.134 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.0749, 30.5953, 6.0300)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8827 #276BCC

analogous

#CC3627 #CC8827 #BDCC27

triadic

#CC8827 #27CC88 #8827CC

tetradic

#CC8827 #27CC36 #276BCC #CC27BD

square

#CC8827 #27CC36 #276BCC #CC27BD

split-complementary

#CC8827 #27BDCC #3627CC

monochromatic

#654313 #99661D #CC8827 #DEA452 #E8BF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CC8827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#CC8827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8827

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8827	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.134 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa69',
    500: '#cc8827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8827;
$custom-light: #e1aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.273,
    "s": 67.901,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68054,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8827

secondary

#7EA0D1

accent

#85EB3D

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#171007

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8827

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

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