#CC8B40#CC8B40

#CC8B40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.120 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B40
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 17.76, 48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 51.97, 70.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% 0.0467 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.12 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0623, 31.6758, 9.1169)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B40 #4081CC

analogous

#CC4540 #CC8B40 #C7CC40

triadic

#CC8B40 #40CC8B #8B40CC

tetradic

#CC8B40 #40CC45 #4081CC #CC40C7

square

#CC8B40 #40CC45 #4081CC #CC40C7

split-complementary

#CC8B40 #40C7CC #4540CC

monochromatic

#734C1F #A36C2C #CC8B40 #D9A870 #E6C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CC8B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#CC8B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B40

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B40	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.120 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad78',
    500: '#cc8b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b40;
$custom-light: #e0ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68821,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B40

secondary

#95B2D2

accent

#8EE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B40

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

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