#CC8B42#CC8B42

#CC8B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.119 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8B42
RGB	rgb(204, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, 17.87, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 51.13, 69.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0473 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.119 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1203, 31.6990, 9.4220)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8B42 #4283CC

analogous

#CC4642 #CC8B42 #C8CC42

triadic

#CC8B42 #42CC8B #8B42CC

tetradic

#CC8B42 #42CC46 #4283CC #CC42C8

square

#CC8B42 #42CC46 #4283CC #CC42C8

split-complementary

#CC8B42 #42C8CC #4642CC

monochromatic

#744C1F #A46C2C #CC8B42 #D9A972 #E6C6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CC8B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#CC8B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8B42

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8B42	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.119 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad79',
    500: '#cc8b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8b42;
$custom-light: #e0ad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.739,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68842,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8B42

secondary

#97B3D3

accent

#8FE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8B42

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

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