#CC8D38#CC8D38

#CC8D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.125 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8D38
RGB	rgb(204, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, 16.25, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 55.37, 72.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.12% 0.0412 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.12% 0.125 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1430, 32.1757, 8.1003)
Luminance	0.3217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8D38 #3877CC

analogous

#CC4338 #CC8D38 #C1CC38

triadic

#CC8D38 #38CC8D #8D38CC

tetradic

#CC8D38 #38CC43 #3877CC #CC38C1

square

#CC8D38 #38CC43 #3877CC #CC38C1

split-complementary

#CC8D38 #38C1CC #4338CC

monochromatic

#6E4B1C #9E6C29 #CC8D38 #D8A969 #E5C599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CC8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#CC8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8D38

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8D38	1.00	2.82	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.82	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)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.125 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae73',
    500: '#cc8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8d38;
$custom-light: #e0ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.459,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69121,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8D38

secondary

#8FABD1

accent

#88E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8D38

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

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