#CC8A35#CC8A35

#CC8A35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A35
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 17.74, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 56.35, 71.65°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0451 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.127 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6355, 31.2745, 7.5799)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A35 #3577CC

analogous

#CC3E35 #CC8A35 #C2CC35

triadic

#CC8A35 #35CC8A #8A35CC

tetradic

#CC8A35 #35CC3E #3577CC #CC35C2

square

#CC8A35 #35CC3E #3577CC #CC35C2

split-complementary

#CC8A35 #35C2CC #3E35CC

monochromatic

#6B481B #9C6927 #CC8A35 #D8A666 #E5C397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CC8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#CC8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A35

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A35	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac71',
    500: '#cc8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a35;
$custom-light: #e1ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.775,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6853,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A35

secondary

#8DAAD0

accent

#8AE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A35

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

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