#CC5E36#CC5E36

#CC5E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.150 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E36
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 41.08, 42.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 59.44, 46.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% 0.1154 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.15 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5733, 21.1129, 6.0072)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E36 #36A4CC

analogous

#CC3659 #CC5E36 #CCA936

triadic

#CC5E36 #36CC5E #5E36CC

tetradic

#CC5E36 #59CC36 #36A4CC #A936CC

square

#CC5E36 #59CC36 #36A4CC #A936CC

split-complementary

#CC5E36 #36CCA9 #3659CC

monochromatic

#6C311B #9D4728 #CC5E36 #D88567 #E5AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CC5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#CC5E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E36

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E36	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.150 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e6f',
    500: '#cc5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e36;
$custom-light: #e38e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61092,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E36

secondary

#8EBED0

accent

#B9E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E36

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

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