#CC8E36#CC8E36

#CC8E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.126 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E36
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, 15.61, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 56.24, 73.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% 0.039 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.126 72)
XYZ	xyz(35.2432, 32.4527, 7.8972)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E36 #3674CC

analogous

#CC4336 #CC8E36 #BFCC36

triadic

#CC8E36 #36CC8E #8E36CC

tetradic

#CC8E36 #36CC43 #3674CC #CC36BF

square

#CC8E36 #36CC43 #3674CC #CC36BF

split-complementary

#CC8E36 #36BFCC #4336CC

monochromatic

#6C4B1B #9D6D28 #CC8E36 #D8A967 #E5C598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#CC8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E36

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E36	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)

#A4922A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.126 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af72',
    500: '#cc8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e36;
$custom-light: #e0af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69293,
    "c": 0.1261,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.3245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E36

secondary

#8EA9D0

accent

#86E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E36

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

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