#CC8E41#CC8E41

#CC8E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 69.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E41
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 16.18, 49.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 51.76, 71.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% 0.0422 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.119 69.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5314, 32.5680, 9.4149)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E41 #417FCC

analogous

#CC4841 #CC8E41 #C5CC41

triadic

#CC8E41 #41CC8E #8E41CC

tetradic

#CC8E41 #41CC48 #417FCC #CC41C5

square

#CC8E41 #41CC48 #417FCC #CC41C5

split-complementary

#CC8E41 #41C5CC #4841CC

monochromatic

#744E1F #A46E2C #CC8E41 #D9AB71 #E6C7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#CC8E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#CC8E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E41

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E41	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)

#A39239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 69.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af79',
    500: '#cc8e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e41;
$custom-light: #e0af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.237,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69397,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 69.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E41

secondary

#96B1D3

accent

#8CE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E41

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

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