#CC8E45#CC8E45

#CC8E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.117 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8E45
RGB	rgb(204, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(32, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(32, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 66.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, 16.42, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 50.06, 70.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% 0.0435 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.117 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6514, 32.6160, 10.0469)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8E45 #4583CC

analogous

#CC4A45 #CC8E45 #C7CC45

triadic

#CC8E45 #45CC8E #8E45CC

tetradic

#CC8E45 #45CC4A #4583CC #CC45C7

square

#CC8E45 #45CC4A #4583CC #CC45C7

split-complementary

#CC8E45 #45C7CC #4A45CC

monochromatic

#764F20 #A66F2E #CC8E45 #D9AB75 #E6C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#CC8E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#CC8E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8E45

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8E45	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)

#A3923D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD7F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.117 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af7b',
    500: '#cc8e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8e45;
$custom-light: #e0af7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.444,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6944,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8E45

secondary

#99B4D3

accent

#8EE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8E45

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

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