#CC8D35#CC8D35

#CC8D35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.127 H 71.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8D35
RGB	rgb(204, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, 16.11, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 56.55, 73.45°)
OKLab	oklab(69.1% 0.0403 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.1% 0.127 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0719, 32.1472, 7.7254)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8D35 #3574CC

analogous

#CC4135 #CC8D35 #BFCC35

triadic

#CC8D35 #35CC8D #8D35CC

tetradic

#CC8D35 #35CC41 #3574CC #CC35BF

square

#CC8D35 #35CC41 #3574CC #CC35BF

split-complementary

#CC8D35 #35BFCC #4135CC

monochromatic

#6B4A1B #9C6C27 #CC8D35 #D8A966 #E5C497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#CC8D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CC8D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8D35

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8D35	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.127 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ae72',
    500: '#cc8d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8d35;
$custom-light: #e1ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.967,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69095,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8D35

secondary

#8DA9D0

accent

#87E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8D35

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

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