#CC8942#CC8942

#CC8942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.119 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8942
RGB	rgb(204, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.8%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 18.96, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 51.03, 68.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0506 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.119 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.8333, 31.1251, 9.3264)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8942 #4285CC

analogous

#CC4442 #CC8942 #CACC42

triadic

#CC8942 #42CC89 #8942CC

tetradic

#CC8942 #42CC44 #4285CC #CC42CA

square

#CC8942 #42CC44 #4285CC #CC42CA

split-complementary

#CC8942 #42CACC #4442CC

monochromatic

#744B1F #A46A2C #CC8942 #D9A772 #E6C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CC8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#CC8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8942

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8942	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.119 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ab79',
    500: '#cc8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8942;
$custom-light: #e0ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68469,
    "c": 0.11921,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8942

secondary

#97B4D3

accent

#92E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8942

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

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