#CC8E43#CC8E43

#CC8E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.118 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E43
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 67)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 67.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, 16.30, 48.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 50.91, 71.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0428 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.118 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5904, 32.5916, 9.7255)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E43 #4381CC

analogous

#CC4943 #CC8E43 #C5CC43

triadic

#CC8E43 #43CC8E #8E43CC

tetradic

#CC8E43 #43CC49 #4381CC #CC43C5

square

#CC8E43 #43CC49 #4381CC #CC43C5

split-complementary

#CC8E43 #43C5CC #4943CC

monochromatic

#754E20 #A56F2D #CC8E43 #D9AB73 #E6C8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CC8E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CC8E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E43

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E43	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)

#A3923B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.118 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af7a',
    500: '#cc8e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e43;
$custom-light: #e0af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.847,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69418,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E43

secondary

#98B3D3

accent

#8DE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E43

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

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