#CC8F38#CC8F38

#CC8F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.125 H 72.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8F38
RGB	rgb(204, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 15.16, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 55.54, 74.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% 0.038 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.125 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4406, 32.7708, 8.1995)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8F38 #3875CC

analogous

#CC4538 #CC8F38 #BFCC38

triadic

#CC8F38 #38CC8F #8F38CC

tetradic

#CC8F38 #38CC45 #3875CC #CC38BF

square

#CC8F38 #38CC45 #3875CC #CC38BF

split-complementary

#CC8F38 #38BFCC #4538CC

monochromatic

#6E4C1C #9E6E29 #CC8F38 #D8AA69 #E5C699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#CC8F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#CC8F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8F38

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8F38	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)

#A4922D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af73',
    500: '#cc8f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8f38;
$custom-light: #e0af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.27,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69501,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8F38

secondary

#8FAAD1

accent

#86E245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8F38

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

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