#CC5936#CC5936

#CC5936 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.155 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5936
RGB	rgb(204, 89, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 43.53, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 60.44, 43.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.1229 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.155 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1430, 20.2523, 5.8638)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5936 #36A9CC

analogous

#CC365E #CC5936 #CCA436

triadic

#CC5936 #36CC59 #5936CC

tetradic

#CC5936 #5ECC36 #36A9CC #A436CC

square

#CC5936 #5ECC36 #36A9CC #A436CC

split-complementary

#CC5936 #36CCA4 #365ECC

monochromatic

#6C2E1B #9D4328 #CC5936 #D88167 #E5AA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#CC5936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#CC5936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5936

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5936	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04051

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 89, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.155 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38b6f',
    500: '#cc5936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5936;
$custom-light: #e38b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60369,
    "c": 0.15471,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5936

secondary

#8EC1D0

accent

#BEE345

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5936

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

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