#CC8837#CC8837

#CC8837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.126 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8837
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, 18.93, 52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 55.46, 70.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0489 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.126 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3982, 30.7247, 7.7325)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8837 #377BCC

analogous

#CC3D37 #CC8837 #C6CC37

triadic

#CC8837 #37CC88 #8837CC

tetradic

#CC8837 #37CC3D #377BCC #CC37C6

square

#CC8837 #37CC3D #377BCC #CC37C6

split-complementary

#CC8837 #37C6CC #3D37CC

monochromatic

#6D481C #9E6828 #CC8837 #D8A568 #E5C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#CC8837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#CC8837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8837

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8837	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)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.126 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa72',
    500: '#cc8837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8837;
$custom-light: #e1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.617,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68174,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8837

secondary

#8EADD0

accent

#8DE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8837

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

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