#CC8C35#CC8C35

#CC8C35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C35
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 16.65, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 56.48, 72.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% 0.0419 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.127 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9251, 31.8536, 7.6765)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C35 #3575CC

analogous

#CC4135 #CC8C35 #C0CC35

triadic

#CC8C35 #35CC8C #8C35CC

tetradic

#CC8C35 #35CC41 #3575CC #CC35C0

square

#CC8C35 #35CC41 #3575CC #CC35C0

split-complementary

#CC8C35 #35C0CC #4135CC

monochromatic

#6B491B #9C6B27 #CC8C35 #D8A866 #E5C497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CC8C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C35

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C35	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad71',
    500: '#cc8c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c35;
$custom-light: #e1ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.57,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68906,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C35

secondary

#8DA9D0

accent

#88E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C35

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

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