#CC8A2D#CC8A2D

#CC8A2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.131 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A2D
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, 17.41, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 59.35, 72.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0431 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.131 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4666, 31.2069, 6.6904)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A2D #2D6FCC

analogous

#CC3B2D #CC8A2D #BFCC2D

triadic

#CC8A2D #2DCC8A #8A2DCC

tetradic

#CC8A2D #2DCC3B #2D6FCC #CC2DBF

square

#CC8A2D #2DCC3B #2D6FCC #CC2DBF

split-complementary

#CC8A2D #2DBFCC #3B2DCC

monochromatic

#684617 #9A6822 #CC8A2D #DBA65B #E6C18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CC8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#CC8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A2D

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A2D	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.131 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac6d',
    500: '#cc8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a2d;
$custom-light: #e1ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.094,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68468,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A2D

secondary

#85A4D0

accent

#86E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A2D

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

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