#CC552D#CC552D

#CC552D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.161 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC552D
RGB	rgb(204, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.3%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 45.08, 45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 64.16, 45.37°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.126 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.161 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6270, 19.5277, 4.7439)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC552D #2DA4CC

analogous

#CC2D55 #CC552D #CCA52D

triadic

#CC552D #2DCC55 #552DCC

tetradic

#CC552D #55CC2D #2DA4CC #A52DCC

square

#CC552D #55CC2D #2DA4CC #A52DCC

split-complementary

#CC552D #2DCCA5 #2D55CC

monochromatic

#682B17 #9A4022 #CC552D #DB7B5B #E6A48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#CC552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#CC552D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC552D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC552D	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948429

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.161 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48969',
    500: '#cc552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc552d;
$custom-light: #e48969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.094,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59718,
    "c": 0.16077,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC552D

secondary

#85BDD0

accent

#BDE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC552D

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

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