#CC8E35#CC8E35

#CC8E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E35
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, 15.56, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 56.63, 74.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.0387 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.127 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2200, 32.4434, 7.7748)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E35 #3573CC

analogous

#CC4235 #CC8E35 #BFCC35

triadic

#CC8E35 #35CC8E #8E35CC

tetradic

#CC8E35 #35CC42 #3573CC #CC35BF

square

#CC8E35 #35CC42 #3573CC #CC35BF

split-complementary

#CC8E35 #35BFCC #4235CC

monochromatic

#6B4A1B #9C6C27 #CC8E35 #D8A966 #E5C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#CC8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E35

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E35	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	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)

#A49229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af72',
    500: '#cc8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e35;
$custom-light: #e1af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.364,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69285,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E35

secondary

#8DA8D0

accent

#86E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E35

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

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