#CC8A43#CC8A43

#CC8A43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.118 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8A43
RGB	rgb(204, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(31, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, 18.48, 47.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 50.66, 68.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% 0.0493 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.118 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0059, 31.4226, 9.5306)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8A43 #4385CC

analogous

#CC4543 #CC8A43 #C9CC43

triadic

#CC8A43 #43CC8A #8A43CC

tetradic

#CC8A43 #43CC45 #4385CC #CC43C9

square

#CC8A43 #43CC45 #4385CC #CC43C9

split-complementary

#CC8A43 #43C9CC #4543CC

monochromatic

#754C20 #A56B2D #CC8A43 #D9A873 #E6C6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#CC8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#CC8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8A43

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8A43	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)

#9F8F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.118 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ac7a',
    500: '#cc8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8a43;
$custom-light: #e0ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.095,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68666,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8A43

secondary

#98B4D3

accent

#91E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8A43

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

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