#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
RGBrgb(204, 142, 56)
HSLhsl(35, 59%, 51%)
HSVhsv(35, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.4%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(63.73, 15.71, 53.18)
CIE-LCHlch(63.73, 55.45, 73.55°)
OKLaboklab(69.31% 0.0396 0.1185)
OKLCHoklch(69.31% 0.125 71.5)
XYZxyz(35.2912, 32.4719, 8.1496)
Luminance0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CC8E381.002.807.497.49
#FFFFFF2.801.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4921.001.001.00
##0000007.4921.001.001.00

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

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#CC8E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva