#CC8C38#CC8C38

#CC8C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.125 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C38
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, 16.80, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 55.30, 72.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% 0.0428 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.125 70)
XYZ	xyz(34.9963, 31.8821, 8.0513)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C38 #3878CC

analogous

#CC4238 #CC8C38 #C2CC38

triadic

#CC8C38 #38CC8C #8C38CC

tetradic

#CC8C38 #38CC42 #3878CC #CC38C2

square

#CC8C38 #38CC42 #3878CC #CC38C2

split-complementary

#CC8C38 #38C2CC #4238CC

monochromatic

#6E4A1C #9E6B29 #CC8C38 #D8A869 #E5C499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#CC8C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CC8C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C38

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C38	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.125 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad73',
    500: '#cc8c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c38;
$custom-light: #e0ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.054,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68932,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.31879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C38

secondary

#8FABD1

accent

#89E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C38

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

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