#CC8F42#CC8F42

#CC8F42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.119 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC8F42
RGB	rgb(204, 143, 66)
HSL	hsl(33, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, 15.69, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 51.42, 72.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% 0.0409 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.119 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7101, 32.8786, 9.6187)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC8F42 #427FCC

analogous

#CC4A42 #CC8F42 #C4CC42

triadic

#CC8F42 #42CC8F #8F42CC

tetradic

#CC8F42 #42CC4A #427FCC #CC42C4

square

#CC8F42 #42CC4A #427FCC #CC42C4

split-complementary

#CC8F42 #42C4CC #4A42CC

monochromatic

#744F1F #A46F2C #CC8F42 #D9AC72 #E6C8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#CC8F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#CC8F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CC8F42

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC8F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC8F42	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4933A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc8f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 143, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.119 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0af7a',
    500: '#cc8f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc8f42;
$custom-light: #e0af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc8f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.478,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69597,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC8F42

secondary

#97B1D3

accent

#8BE147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC8F42

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

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