#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
RGBrgb(204, 140, 64)
HSLhsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(33, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 31.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(63.32, 17.21, 49.10)
CIE-LCHlch(63.32, 52.03, 70.68°)
OKLaboklab(69.01% 0.0451 0.1113)
OKLCHoklch(69.01% 0.12 67.9)
XYZxyz(35.2078, 31.9667, 9.1654)
Luminance0.3196 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##CC8C401.002.847.397.39
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3921.001.001.00
##0000007.3921.001.001.00

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

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#CC8C40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva