#CC8D42#CC8D42

#CC8D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.119 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8D42
RGB	rgb(204, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, 16.78, 48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 51.26, 70.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% 0.0441 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.119 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.4125, 32.2835, 9.5195)
Luminance	0.3228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8D42 #4281CC

analogous

#CC4842 #CC8D42 #C6CC42

triadic

#CC8D42 #42CC8D #8D42CC

tetradic

#CC8D42 #42CC48 #4281CC #CC42C6

square

#CC8D42 #42CC48 #4281CC #CC42C6

split-complementary

#CC8D42 #42C6CC #4842CC

monochromatic

#744D1F #A46E2C #CC8D42 #D9AA72 #E6C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#CC8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#CC8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8D42

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8D42	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.119 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ae79',
    500: '#cc8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8d42;
$custom-light: #e0ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.609,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69219,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8D42

secondary

#97B2D3

accent

#8DE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8D42

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

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