#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
RGBrgb(204, 141, 64)
HSLhsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(33, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(63.56, 16.67, 49.36)
CIE-LCHlch(63.56, 52.10, 71.34°)
OKLaboklab(69.2% 0.0435 0.1119)
OKLCHoklch(69.2% 0.12 68.7)
XYZxyz(35.3546, 32.2603, 9.2143)
Luminance0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC8D401.002.827.457.45
#FFFFFF2.821.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4521.001.001.00
##0000007.4521.001.001.00

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

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#CC8D40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva