#CC8C40#CC8C40

#CC8C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.120 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C40
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, 17.21, 49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 52.03, 70.68°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% 0.0451 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.12 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2078, 31.9667, 9.1654)
Luminance	0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C40 #4080CC

analogous

#CC4640 #CC8C40 #C6CC40

triadic

#CC8C40 #40CC8C #8C40CC

tetradic

#CC8C40 #40CC46 #4080CC #CC40C6

square

#CC8C40 #40CC46 #4080CC #CC40C6

split-complementary

#CC8C40 #40C6CC #4640CC

monochromatic

#734C1F #A36D2C #CC8C40 #D9A970 #E6C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#CC8C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C40

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C40	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)

#A19038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.120 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad78',
    500: '#cc8c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c40;
$custom-light: #e0ad78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69009,
    "c": 0.12009,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C40

secondary

#95B1D2

accent

#8DE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C40

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

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