#CC8B36#CC8B36

#CC8B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.126 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B36
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 17.24, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 56.02, 72.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.73% 0.0438 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(68.73% 0.126 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8029, 31.5720, 7.7504)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B36 #3677CC

analogous

#CC4036 #CC8B36 #C2CC36

triadic

#CC8B36 #36CC8B #8B36CC

tetradic

#CC8B36 #36CC40 #3677CC #CC36C2

square

#CC8B36 #36CC40 #3677CC #CC36C2

split-complementary

#CC8B36 #36C2CC #4036CC

monochromatic

#6C491B #9D6A28 #CC8B36 #D8A767 #E5C398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CC8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#CC8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B36

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B36	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)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.126 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac72',
    500: '#cc8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b36;
$custom-light: #e1ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68726,
    "c": 0.12619,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B36

secondary

#8EAAD0

accent

#89E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B36

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

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