#CC8838#CC8838

#CC8838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.125 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8838
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, 18.97, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 55.07, 69.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0492 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.125 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4224, 30.7343, 7.8601)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8838 #387CCC

analogous

#CC3E38 #CC8838 #C6CC38

triadic

#CC8838 #38CC88 #8838CC

tetradic

#CC8838 #38CC3E #387CCC #CC38C6

square

#CC8838 #38CC3E #387CCC #CC38C6

split-complementary

#CC8838 #38C6CC #3E38CC

monochromatic

#6E481C #9E6829 #CC8838 #D8A569 #E5C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#CC8838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#CC8838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8838

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8838	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.125 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa73',
    500: '#cc8838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8838;
$custom-light: #e1aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.432,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68183,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8838

secondary

#8FADD1

accent

#8EE245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8838

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

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