#CC8E3C#CC8E3C

#CC8E3C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.123 H 70.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E3C
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 60)
HSL	hsl(34, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 70.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 15.91, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 53.83, 72.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% 0.0407 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.123 70.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3929, 32.5126, 8.6856)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E3C #3C7ACC

analogous

#CC463C #CC8E3C #C2CC3C

triadic

#CC8E3C #3CCC8E #8E3CCC

tetradic

#CC8E3C #3CCC46 #3C7ACC #CC3CC2

square

#CC8E3C #3CCC46 #3C7ACC #CC3CC2

split-complementary

#CC8E3C #3CC2CC #463CCC

monochromatic

#704D1D #A16E2A #CC8E3C #D9AA6D #E5C69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#CC8E3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E3C

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E3C	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)

#A39232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.123 70.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af76',
    500: '#cc8e3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e3c;
$custom-light: #e0af76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.167,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69347,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 70.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E3C

secondary

#92AED1

accent

#89E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E3C

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

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