#CC5E37#CC5E37

#CC5E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.150 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E37
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 41.13, 42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 59.10, 45.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1157 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.15 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5970, 21.1224, 6.1322)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E37 #37A5CC

analogous

#CC375A #CC5E37 #CCA937

triadic

#CC5E37 #37CC5E #5E37CC

tetradic

#CC5E37 #5ACC37 #37A5CC #A937CC

square

#CC5E37 #5ACC37 #37A5CC #A937CC

split-complementary

#CC5E37 #37CCA9 #375ACC

monochromatic

#6D311C #9E4728 #CC5E37 #D88568 #E5AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CC5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#CC5E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E37

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E37	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)

#7C7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04755

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.150 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e70',
    500: '#cc5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e37;
$custom-light: #e38e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.705,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61103,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E37

secondary

#8EBFD0

accent

#B9E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E37

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

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