#CC8F37#CC8F37

#CC8F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8F37
RGB	rgb(204, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 15.11, 53.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 55.94, 74.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% 0.0377 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.126 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.4164, 32.7611, 8.0719)
Luminance	0.3276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8F37 #3774CC

analogous

#CC4437 #CC8F37 #BFCC37

triadic

#CC8F37 #37CC8F #8F37CC

tetradic

#CC8F37 #37CC44 #3774CC #CC37BF

square

#CC8F37 #37CC44 #3774CC #CC37BF

split-complementary

#CC8F37 #37BFCC #4437CC

monochromatic

#6D4C1C #9E6E28 #CC8F37 #D8AA68 #E5C699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CC8F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CC8F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8F37

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8F37	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)

#A4922B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE7F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af73',
    500: '#cc8f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8f37;
$custom-light: #e0af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.436,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69492,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8F37

secondary

#8EA9D0

accent

#86E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8F37

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

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