#CC8F35#CC8F35

#CC8F35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.127 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8F35
RGB	rgb(204, 143, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 74%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.95, 15.02, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.95, 56.72, 74.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0371 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.127 73)
XYZ	xyz(35.3694, 32.7423, 7.8246)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8F35 #3572CC

analogous

#CC4435 #CC8F35 #BDCC35

triadic

#CC8F35 #35CC8F #8F35CC

tetradic

#CC8F35 #35CC44 #3572CC #CC35BD

square

#CC8F35 #35CC44 #3572CC #CC35BD

split-complementary

#CC8F35 #35BDCC #4435CC

monochromatic

#6B4B1B #9C6D27 #CC8F35 #D8AA66 #E5C597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CC8F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CC8F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8F35

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8F35	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 143, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.127 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1af72',
    500: '#cc8f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8f35;
$custom-light: #e1af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.762,
    "s": 59.684,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69475,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.32739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8F35

secondary

#8DA8D0

accent

#85E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8F35

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

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