#CC8E34#CC8E34

#CC8E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E34
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 74.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, 15.52, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 57.02, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% 0.0385 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.127 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1972, 32.4343, 7.6549)
Luminance	0.3243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E34 #3472CC

analogous

#CC4234 #CC8E34 #BECC34

triadic

#CC8E34 #34CC8E #8E34CC

tetradic

#CC8E34 #34CC42 #3472CC #CC34BE

square

#CC8E34 #34CC42 #3472CC #CC34BE

split-complementary

#CC8E34 #34BECC #4234CC

monochromatic

#6B4A1B #9C6C27 #CC8E34 #D8A965 #E5C496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#CC8E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#CC8E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E34

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E34	1.00	2.81	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af71',
    500: '#cc8e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e34;
$custom-light: #e1af71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.526,
    "s": 59.843,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69277,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E34

secondary

#8CA8D0

accent

#85E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E34

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

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