#CC8938#CC8938

#CC8938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.125 H 67.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8938
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, 18.43, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 55.11, 70.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% 0.0476 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.125 67.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5639, 31.0173, 7.9072)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8938 #387BCC

analogous

#CC3F38 #CC8938 #C5CC38

triadic

#CC8938 #38CC89 #8938CC

tetradic

#CC8938 #38CC3F #387BCC #CC38C5

square

#CC8938 #38CC3F #387BCC #CC38C5

split-complementary

#CC8938 #38C5CC #3F38CC

monochromatic

#6E491C #9E6929 #CC8938 #D8A669 #E5C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CC8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CC8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8938

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8938	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)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.125 67.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab73',
    500: '#cc8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8938;
$custom-light: #e1ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.838,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68369,
    "c": 0.12525,
    "h": 67.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8938

secondary

#8FADD1

accent

#8CE245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8938

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

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