#CC8E3E#CC8E3E

#CC8E3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.121 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E3E
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 62)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 69.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, 16.01, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 53.01, 72.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.37% 0.0413 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.37% 0.121 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4468, 32.5342, 8.9693)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E3E #3E7CCC

analogous

#CC473E #CC8E3E #C3CC3E

triadic

#CC8E3E #3ECC8E #8E3ECC

tetradic

#CC8E3E #3ECC47 #3E7CCC #CC3EC3

square

#CC8E3E #3ECC47 #3E7CCC #CC3EC3

split-complementary

#CC8E3E #3EC3CC #473ECC

monochromatic

#724D1E #A26E2B #CC8E3E #D9AA6E #E6C79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CC8E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E3E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E3E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.121 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af77',
    500: '#cc8e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e3e;
$custom-light: #e0af77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.803,
    "s": 58.197,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69367,
    "c": 0.12124,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E3E

secondary

#94AFD2

accent

#8AE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E3E

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

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