#CC8C2B#CC8C2B

#CC8C2B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.132 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C2B
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 78.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, 16.24, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 60.18, 74.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.0395 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.132 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7186, 31.7710, 6.5890)
Luminance	0.3177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C2B #2B6BCC

analogous

#CC3B2B #CC8C2B #BBCC2B

triadic

#CC8C2B #2BCC8C #8C2BCC

tetradic

#CC8C2B #2BCC3B #2B6BCC #CC2BBB

square

#CC8C2B #2BCC3B #2B6BCC #CC2BBB

split-complementary

#CC8C2B #2BBBCC #3B2BCC

monochromatic

#674716 #996920 #CC8C2B #DCA858 #E7C28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#CC8C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#CC8C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C2B

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C2B	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2901A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.132 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad6c',
    500: '#cc8c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c2b;
$custom-light: #e1ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.149,
    "s": 65.182,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68831,
    "c": 0.13191,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C2B

secondary

#82A1D0

accent

#83E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C2B

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

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