#CC8E44#CC8E44

#CC8E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E44
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 68)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 66.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.84, 16.36, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.84, 50.49, 71.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% 0.0431 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.117 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6206, 32.6037, 9.8848)
Luminance	0.3260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E44 #4482CC

analogous

#CC4A44 #CC8E44 #C6CC44

triadic

#CC8E44 #44CC8E #8E44CC

tetradic

#CC8E44 #44CC4A #4482CC #CC44C6

square

#CC8E44 #44CC4A #4482CC #CC44C6

split-complementary

#CC8E44 #44C6CC #4A44CC

monochromatic

#764F20 #A66F2D #CC8E44 #D9AB74 #E6C8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CC8E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CC8E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E44

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E44	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)

#A3923C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af7b',
    500: '#cc8e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e44;
$custom-light: #e0af7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.647,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69429,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E44

secondary

#99B3D3

accent

#8DE047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E44

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

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