#CC8E38#CC8E38

#CC8E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E38
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, 15.71, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 55.45, 73.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% 0.0396 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.125 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2912, 32.4719, 8.1496)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E38 #3876CC

analogous

#CC4438 #CC8E38 #C0CC38

triadic

#CC8E38 #38CC8E #8E38CC

tetradic

#CC8E38 #38CC44 #3876CC #CC38C0

square

#CC8E38 #38CC44 #3876CC #CC38C0

split-complementary

#CC8E38 #38C0CC #4438CC

monochromatic

#6E4B1C #9E6D29 #CC8E38 #D8AA69 #E5C599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#CC8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E38

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E38	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)

#A3922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7E7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af73',
    500: '#cc8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e38;
$custom-light: #e0af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69311,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E38

secondary

#8FABD1

accent

#87E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E38

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

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