#CC8840#CC8840

#CC8840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8840
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, 19.39, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 51.82, 68.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.26% 0.0516 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.26% 0.121 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6339, 30.8190, 8.9741)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8840 #4084CC

analogous

#CC4240 #CC8840 #CACC40

triadic

#CC8840 #40CC88 #8840CC

tetradic

#CC8840 #40CC42 #4084CC #CC40CA

square

#CC8840 #40CC42 #4084CC #CC40CA

split-complementary

#CC8840 #40CACC #4240CC

monochromatic

#734A1F #A3692C #CC8840 #D9A670 #E6C4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CC8840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#CC8840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8840

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8840	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa78',
    500: '#cc8840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8840;
$custom-light: #e0aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68262,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8840

secondary

#95B3D2

accent

#92E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8840

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

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