#CC8C42#CC8C42

#CC8C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.119 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8C42
RGB	rgb(204, 140, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, 17.33, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 51.19, 70.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% 0.0457 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.119 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.2657, 31.9899, 9.4705)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8C42 #4282CC

analogous

#CC4742 #CC8C42 #C7CC42

triadic

#CC8C42 #42CC8C #8C42CC

tetradic

#CC8C42 #42CC47 #4282CC #CC42C7

square

#CC8C42 #42CC47 #4282CC #CC42C7

split-complementary

#CC8C42 #42C7CC #4742CC

monochromatic

#744D1F #A46D2C #CC8C42 #D9A972 #E6C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#CC8C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#CC8C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8C42

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8C42	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 140, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.119 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ad79',
    500: '#cc8c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8c42;
$custom-light: #e0ad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6903,
    "c": 0.1188,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8C42

secondary

#97B3D3

accent

#8EE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8C42

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

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