#CC8842#CC8842

#CC8842 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8842
RGB	rgb(204, 136, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 19.51, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 50.99, 67.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% 0.0522 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.119 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6918, 30.8421, 9.2792)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8842 #4286CC

analogous

#CC4342 #CC8842 #CBCC42

triadic

#CC8842 #42CC88 #8842CC

tetradic

#CC8842 #42CC43 #4286CC #CC42CB

square

#CC8842 #42CC43 #4286CC #CC42CB

split-complementary

#CC8842 #42CBCC #4342CC

monochromatic

#744A1F #A4692C #CC8842 #D9A672 #E6C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CC8842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CC8842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8842

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8842	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 136, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0aa79',
    500: '#cc8842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8842;
$custom-light: #e0aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.435,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68283,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8842

secondary

#97B4D3

accent

#93E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8842

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

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