#CC8828#CC8828

#CC8828 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.134 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8828
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(35, 67%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 80%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 80.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 18.31, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 60.99, 72.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% 0.0452 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.134 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.0917, 30.6021, 6.1184)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8828 #286CCC

analogous

#CC3628 #CC8828 #BECC28

triadic

#CC8828 #28CC88 #8828CC

tetradic

#CC8828 #28CC36 #286CCC #CC28BE

square

#CC8828 #28CC36 #286CCC #CC28BE

split-complementary

#CC8828 #28BECC #3628CC

monochromatic

#664414 #99661E #CC8828 #DDA454 #E7BF87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CC8828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#CC8828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8828

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8828	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)

#9F8D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.134 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa6a',
    500: '#cc8828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8828;
$custom-light: #e1aa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.122,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6806,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8828

secondary

#7FA1D1

accent

#85EA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8828

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

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