#CC5E38#CC5E38

#CC5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.150 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5E38
RGB	rgb(204, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.9%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, 41.18, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 58.77, 45.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% 0.116 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.15 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6212, 21.1321, 6.2597)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5E38 #38A6CC

analogous

#CC385C #CC5E38 #CCA838

triadic

#CC5E38 #38CC5E #5E38CC

tetradic

#CC5E38 #5CCC38 #38A6CC #A838CC

square

#CC5E38 #5CCC38 #38A6CC #A838CC

split-complementary

#CC5E38 #38CCA8 #385CCC

monochromatic

#6E311C #9E4729 #CC5E38 #D88569 #E5AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#CC5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#CC5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5E38

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5E38	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.150 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28e70',
    500: '#cc5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5e38;
$custom-light: #e28e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.405,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61115,
    "c": 0.14958,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5E38

secondary

#8FC0D1

accent

#BAE245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5E38

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

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