#CC8B35#CC8B35

#CC8B35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.127 H 69.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B35
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, 17.20, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 56.41, 72.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% 0.0435 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.127 69.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7796, 31.5627, 7.6280)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B35 #3576CC

analogous

#CC3F35 #CC8B35 #C2CC35

triadic

#CC8B35 #35CC8B #8B35CC

tetradic

#CC8B35 #35CC3F #3576CC #CC35C2

square

#CC8B35 #35CC3F #3576CC #CC35C2

split-complementary

#CC8B35 #35C2CC #3F35CC

monochromatic

#6B491B #9C6A27 #CC8B35 #D8A766 #E5C397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CC8B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#CC8B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B35

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B35	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.127 69.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac71',
    500: '#cc8b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b35;
$custom-light: #e1ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.172,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68718,
    "c": 0.12676,
    "h": 69.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B35

secondary

#8DAAD0

accent

#89E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B35

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

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