#CC8836#CC8836

#CC8836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.127 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8836
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 18.88, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 55.85, 70.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0486 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.127 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3744, 30.7152, 7.6076)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8836 #367ACC

analogous

#CC3D36 #CC8836 #C5CC36

triadic

#CC8836 #36CC88 #8836CC

tetradic

#CC8836 #36CC3D #367ACC #CC36C5

square

#CC8836 #36CC3D #367ACC #CC36C5

split-complementary

#CC8836 #36C5CC #3D36CC

monochromatic

#6C481B #9D6828 #CC8836 #D8A567 #E5C298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#CC8836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#CC8836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8836

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8836	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.127 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa72',
    500: '#cc8836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8836;
$custom-light: #e1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68165,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8836

secondary

#8EACD0

accent

#8DE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8836

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

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