#CC8B38#CC8B38

#CC8B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.125 H 69.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B38
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, 17.34, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 55.23, 71.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% 0.0444 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.125 69.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8508, 31.5912, 8.0029)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B38 #3879CC

analogous

#CC4138 #CC8B38 #C3CC38

triadic

#CC8B38 #38CC8B #8B38CC

tetradic

#CC8B38 #38CC41 #3879CC #CC38C3

square

#CC8B38 #38CC41 #3879CC #CC38C3

split-complementary

#CC8B38 #38C3CC #4138CC

monochromatic

#6E4A1C #9E6B29 #CC8B38 #D8A769 #E5C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#CC8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#CC8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B38

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B38	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7B7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.125 69.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ac73',
    500: '#cc8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b38;
$custom-light: #e1ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.649,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68744,
    "c": 0.12505,
    "h": 69.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B38

secondary

#8FACD1

accent

#8AE245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B38

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

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