#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
RGBrgb(204, 139, 64)
HSLhsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(32, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(63.07, 17.76, 48.84)
CIE-LCHlch(63.07, 51.97, 70.02°)
OKLaboklab(68.82% 0.0467 0.1107)
OKLCHoklch(68.82% 0.12 67.1)
XYZxyz(35.0623, 31.6758, 9.1169)
Luminance0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##CC8B401.002.867.337.33
#FFFFFF2.861.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3321.001.001.00
##0000007.3321.001.001.00

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

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#CC8B40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva