#CC8C36#CC8C36

#CC8C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C36
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 54)
HSL	hsl(34, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, 16.70, 53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 56.09, 72.68°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% 0.0422 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.126 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9483, 31.8629, 7.7989)
Luminance	0.3186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C36 #3676CC

analogous

#CC4136 #CC8C36 #C1CC36

triadic

#CC8C36 #36CC8C #8C36CC

tetradic

#CC8C36 #36CC41 #3676CC #CC36C1

square

#CC8C36 #36CC41 #3676CC #CC36C1

split-complementary

#CC8C36 #36C1CC #4136CC

monochromatic

#6C4A1B #9D6B28 #CC8C36 #D8A867 #E5C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#CC8C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C36

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C36	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)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ad72',
    500: '#cc8c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c36;
$custom-light: #e1ad72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.4,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68915,
    "c": 0.12614,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C36

secondary

#8EAAD0

accent

#88E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C36

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

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