#CC8E42#CC8E42

#CC8E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E42
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.82, 16.24, 48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.82, 51.34, 71.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% 0.0425 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.119 69)
XYZ	xyz(35.5606, 32.5797, 9.5688)
Luminance	0.3258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E42 #4280CC

analogous

#CC4942 #CC8E42 #C5CC42

triadic

#CC8E42 #42CC8E #8E42CC

tetradic

#CC8E42 #42CC49 #4280CC #CC42C5

square

#CC8E42 #42CC49 #4280CC #CC42C5

split-complementary

#CC8E42 #42C5CC #4942CC

monochromatic

#744E1F #A46E2C #CC8E42 #D9AB72 #E6C8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CC8E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CC8E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E42

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E42	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 69.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af7a',
    500: '#cc8e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e42;
$custom-light: #e0af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.043,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69407,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 69
  },
  "luminance": 0.32577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E42

secondary

#97B2D3

accent

#8CE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E42

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

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