#CC8C3B#CC8C3B

#CC8C3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C3B
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, 16.94, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 54.09, 71.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% 0.0436 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.123 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0718, 31.9123, 8.4494)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C3B #3B7BCC

analogous

#CC443B #CC8C3B #C4CC3B

triadic

#CC8C3B #3BCC8C #8C3BCC

tetradic

#CC8C3B #3BCC44 #3B7BCC #CC3BC4

square

#CC8C3B #3BCC44 #3B7BCC #CC3BC4

split-complementary

#CC8C3B #3BC4CC #443BCC

monochromatic

#704B1D #A06C2A #CC8C3B #D9A86C #E5C59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#CC8C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C3B

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C3B	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A29031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7C7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad75',
    500: '#cc8c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c3b;
$custom-light: #e0ad75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.517,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6896,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C3B

secondary

#92AED1

accent

#8BE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C3B

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

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