#CC8D40#CC8D40

#CC8D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.120 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8D40
RGB	rgb(204, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, 16.67, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 52.10, 71.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% 0.0435 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.12 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3546, 32.2603, 9.2143)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8D40 #407FCC

analogous

#CC4740 #CC8D40 #C5CC40

triadic

#CC8D40 #40CC8D #8D40CC

tetradic

#CC8D40 #40CC47 #407FCC #CC40C5

square

#CC8D40 #40CC47 #407FCC #CC40C5

split-complementary

#CC8D40 #40C5CC #4740CC

monochromatic

#734D1F #A36D2C #CC8D40 #D9AA70 #E6C7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CC8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#CC8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8D40

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8D40	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.120 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae78',
    500: '#cc8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8d40;
$custom-light: #e0ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69198,
    "c": 0.12002,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8D40

secondary

#95B1D2

accent

#8CE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8D40

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

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