#CC572D#CC572D

#CC572D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.159 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC572D
RGB	rgb(204, 87, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 77.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 44.13, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 63.76, 46.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.1231 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.159 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7867, 19.8471, 4.7971)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC572D #2DA2CC

analogous

#CC2D53 #CC572D #CCA72D

triadic

#CC572D #2DCC57 #572DCC

tetradic

#CC572D #53CC2D #2DA2CC #A72DCC

square

#CC572D #53CC2D #2DA2CC #A72DCC

split-complementary

#CC572D #2DCCA7 #2D53CC

monochromatic

#682C17 #9A4222 #CC572D #DB7D5B #E6A58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#CC572D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#CC572D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC572D

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC572D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC572D	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E03C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc572d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 87, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.159 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38a69',
    500: '#cc572d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc572d;
$custom-light: #e38a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc572d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.849,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59995,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC572D

secondary

#85BCD0

accent

#BBE741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC572D

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

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