#CC8C3E#CC8C3E

#CC8C3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.121 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C3E
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 62)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 17.10, 50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 52.86, 71.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% 0.0445 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.121 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1519, 31.9444, 8.8710)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C3E #3E7ECC

analogous

#CC453E #CC8C3E #C5CC3E

triadic

#CC8C3E #3ECC8C #8C3ECC

tetradic

#CC8C3E #3ECC45 #3E7ECC #CC3EC5

square

#CC8C3E #3ECC45 #3E7ECC #CC3EC5

split-complementary

#CC8C3E #3EC5CC #453ECC

monochromatic

#724C1E #A26C2B #CC8C3E #D9A96E #E6C69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CC8C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C3E

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C3E	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.121 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad77',
    500: '#cc8c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c3e;
$custom-light: #e0ad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.958,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68989,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C3E

secondary

#94B0D2

accent

#8CE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C3E

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

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