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Information about #CC8E22 color

#CC8E22 color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#CC8E22 falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(204, 142, 34) — 80% red, 55.7% green, 13.3% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 24 / 67 / 20. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #CC8E22 reads as a strongly colored warm orange and feels open and friendly. Expect to see shades like this in accents, call-to-action elements and statement visuals. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Dixie Chick (#C48F2A). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Desert Yellow (#CA8D16) and Day's Eye (#C89828).

The recipe behind #CC8E22 is rgb(204, 142, 34), with red as the dominant ingredient. Accessibility-wise, black text works best on #CC8E22: 7.5:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 2.8:1 for white. #CC8E22 has no official name yet. If this shade means something to you, you can be the one to name it.

#CC8E22 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#CC8E22 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #CC8E22

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Dixie Chick color link
Dixie Chick

#C48F2A

Day's Eye color link
Day's Eye

#C89828

Cinnamon color link
Cinnamon

#C58917

Gold Brown color link
Gold Brown

#CB7E1F

Buttercup color link
Buttercup

#DA9429

Cool Copper color link
Cool Copper

#D98719

Wazzup color link
Wazzup

#BC9425

Geebung color link
Geebung

#C5832E

Fuel Yellow color link
Fuel Yellow

#D19033

Nugget color link
Nugget

#BC9229

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#CC8E22
  • RGB204, 142, 34
  • CMYK0, 24, 67, 20
  • CSSrgb(204, 142, 34)
  • HSL38°, 71%, 47%
  • HSL Precise38.118°, 71.429%, 46.667%
  • HSV38°, 83%, 80%
  • HSB38°, 83%, 80%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.800
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.557
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.133
  • GLSLvec3(0.800, 0.557, 0.133)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.800, 0.557, 0.133, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.800, 0.557, 0.133)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB80%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB55.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB13.3%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyLight
  • HEX IDCC8E22
  • DECIMAL ID13405730
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
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