#CC8A41#CC8A41

#CC8A41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.120 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A41
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 18.36, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 51.49, 69.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.65% 0.0486 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.65% 0.12 66)
XYZ	xyz(34.9469, 31.3990, 9.2201)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A41 #4183CC

analogous

#CC4541 #CC8A41 #C8CC41

triadic

#CC8A41 #41CC8A #8A41CC

tetradic

#CC8A41 #41CC45 #4183CC #CC41C8

square

#CC8A41 #41CC45 #4183CC #CC41C8

split-complementary

#CC8A41 #41C8CC #4541CC

monochromatic

#744B1F #A46B2C #CC8A41 #D9A871 #E6C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CC8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CC8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A41

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A41	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.120 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac79',
    500: '#cc8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a41;
$custom-light: #e0ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.511,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68645,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.31396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A41

secondary

#96B3D3

accent

#90E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A41

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

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