#CC8A39#CC8A39

#CC8A39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.125 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A39
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(33, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 17.93, 51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 54.77, 70.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0462 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.125 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7314, 31.3128, 8.0849)
Luminance	0.3131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A39 #397BCC

analogous

#CC4039 #CC8A39 #C4CC39

triadic

#CC8A39 #39CC8A #8A39CC

tetradic

#CC8A39 #39CC40 #397BCC #CC39C4

square

#CC8A39 #39CC40 #397BCC #CC39C4

split-complementary

#CC8A39 #39C4CC #4039CC

monochromatic

#6E491C #9F6A29 #CC8A39 #D9A76A #E5C49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CC8A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#CC8A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A39

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A39	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)

#A08F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.125 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac74',
    500: '#cc8a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a39;
$custom-light: #e1ac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68565,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A39

secondary

#90ADD1

accent

#8CE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A39

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

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