#CC8A37#CC8A37

#CC8A37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A37
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 17.84, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 55.56, 71.28°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% 0.0457 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.126 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6825, 31.2933, 7.8273)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A37 #3779CC

analogous

#CC3F37 #CC8A37 #C3CC37

triadic

#CC8A37 #37CC8A #8A37CC

tetradic

#CC8A37 #37CC3F #3779CC #CC37C3

square

#CC8A37 #37CC3F #3779CC #CC37C3

split-complementary

#CC8A37 #37C3CC #3F37CC

monochromatic

#6D491C #9E6A28 #CC8A37 #D8A768 #E5C399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CC8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#CC8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A37

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A37	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac72',
    500: '#cc8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a37;
$custom-light: #e1ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.423,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68547,
    "c": 0.12571,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A37

secondary

#8EACD0

accent

#8BE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A37

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

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