#CC8F40#CC8F40

#CC8F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.120 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8F40
RGB	rgb(204, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.04, 15.58, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.04, 52.26, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0403 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.12 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6521, 32.8554, 9.3135)
Luminance	0.3285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8F40 #407DCC

analogous

#CC4940 #CC8F40 #C3CC40

triadic

#CC8F40 #40CC8F #8F40CC

tetradic

#CC8F40 #40CC49 #407DCC #CC40C3

square

#CC8F40 #40CC49 #407DCC #CC40C3

split-complementary

#CC8F40 #40C3CC #4940CC

monochromatic

#734E1F #A36F2C #CC8F40 #D9AB70 #E6C8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CC8F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#CC8F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8F40

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8F40	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.120 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af78',
    500: '#cc8f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8f40;
$custom-light: #e0af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69576,
    "c": 0.11994,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8F40

secondary

#95B0D2

accent

#8AE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8F40

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

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