#CC8935#CC8935

#CC8935 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8935
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 53)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, 18.29, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 56.29, 71.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% 0.0467 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.127 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4927, 30.9888, 7.5323)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8935 #3578CC

analogous

#CC3D35 #CC8935 #C4CC35

triadic

#CC8935 #35CC89 #8935CC

tetradic

#CC8935 #35CC3D #3578CC #CC35C4

square

#CC8935 #35CC3D #3578CC #CC35C4

split-complementary

#CC8935 #35C4CC #3D35CC

monochromatic

#6B481B #9C6827 #CC8935 #D8A666 #E5C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CC8935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CC8935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8935

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8935	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab71',
    500: '#cc8935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8935;
$custom-light: #e1ab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.377,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68343,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8935

secondary

#8DABD0

accent

#8BE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8935

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

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