#CC8C2D#CC8C2D

#CC8C2D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.131 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C2D
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, 16.32, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 59.48, 74.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0399 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.131 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7562, 31.7861, 6.7870)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C2D #2D6DCC

analogous

#CC3D2D #CC8C2D #BDCC2D

triadic

#CC8C2D #2DCC8C #8C2DCC

tetradic

#CC8C2D #2DCC3D #2D6DCC #CC2DBD

square

#CC8C2D #2DCC3D #2D6DCC #CC2DBD

split-complementary

#CC8C2D #2DBDCC #3D2DCC

monochromatic

#684717 #9A6A22 #CC8C2D #DBA85B #E6C28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#CC8C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C2D

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C2D	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2901E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.131 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad6d',
    500: '#cc8c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c2d;
$custom-light: #e1ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.849,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68845,
    "c": 0.13094,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C2D

secondary

#85A3D0

accent

#84E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C2D

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

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