#CC5F38#CC5F38

#CC5F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.149 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC5F38
RGB	rgb(204, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, 40.68, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 58.58, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1145 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.149 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7107, 21.3111, 6.2895)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC5F38 #38A5CC

analogous

#CC385B #CC5F38 #CCA938

triadic

#CC5F38 #38CC5F #5F38CC

tetradic

#CC5F38 #5BCC38 #38A5CC #A938CC

square

#CC5F38 #5BCC38 #38A5CC #A938CC

split-complementary

#CC5F38 #38CCA9 #385BCC

monochromatic

#6E321C #9E4829 #CC5F38 #D88669 #E5AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#CC5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#CC5F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC5F38

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC5F38	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.149 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28f70',
    500: '#cc5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc5f38;
$custom-light: #e28f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.811,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.14869,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC5F38

secondary

#8FBFD1

accent

#B9E245

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC5F38

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

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