#CC8933#CC8933

#CC8933 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8933
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 51)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 75%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 18.20, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 57.06, 71.40°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0462 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.128 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4476, 30.9708, 7.2951)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8933 #3376CC

analogous

#CC3C33 #CC8933 #C3CC33

triadic

#CC8933 #33CC89 #8933CC

tetradic

#CC8933 #33CC3C #3376CC #CC33C3

square

#CC8933 #33CC3C #3376CC #CC33C3

split-complementary

#CC8933 #33C3CC #3C33CC

monochromatic

#6A471B #9B6827 #CC8933 #D8A564 #E4C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CC8933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#CC8933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8933

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8933	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab70',
    500: '#cc8933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8933;
$custom-light: #e1ab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.725,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68326,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8933

secondary

#8BA9D0

accent

#8AE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8933

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

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