#CC8E3B#CC8E3B

#CC8E3B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E3B
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 15.85, 51.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 54.24, 73.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0404 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.123 70.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.3667, 32.5021, 8.5477)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E3B #3B79CC

analogous

#CC463B #CC8E3B #C1CC3B

triadic

#CC8E3B #3BCC8E #8E3BCC

tetradic

#CC8E3B #3BCC46 #3B79CC #CC3BC1

square

#CC8E3B #3BCC46 #3B79CC #CC3BC1

split-complementary

#CC8E3B #3BC1CC #463BCC

monochromatic

#704C1D #A06D2A #CC8E3B #D9AA6C #E5C69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#CC8E3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E3B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E3B	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 70.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af75',
    500: '#cc8e3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e3b;
$custom-light: #e0af75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.345,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69338,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 70.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E3B

secondary

#92ADD1

accent

#89E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E3B

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

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