#CC8E40#CC8E40

#CC8E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.120 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E40
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, 16.12, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 52.18, 72.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.39% 0.0419 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(69.39% 0.12 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5027, 32.5565, 9.2637)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E40 #407ECC

analogous

#CC4840 #CC8E40 #C4CC40

triadic

#CC8E40 #40CC8E #8E40CC

tetradic

#CC8E40 #40CC48 #407ECC #CC40C4

square

#CC8E40 #40CC48 #407ECC #CC40C4

split-complementary

#CC8E40 #40C4CC #4840CC

monochromatic

#734E1F #A36E2C #CC8E40 #D9AB70 #E6C7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CC8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E40

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E40	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)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.120 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af78',
    500: '#cc8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e40;
$custom-light: #e0af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69387,
    "c": 0.11996,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E40

secondary

#95B0D2

accent

#8BE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E40

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

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