#CC6237#CC6237

#CC6237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.146 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6237
RGB	rgb(204, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 39.13, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 58.36, 47.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.7% 0.1095 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(61.7% 0.146 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9620, 21.8523, 6.2538)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6237 #37A1CC

analogous

#CC3756 #CC6237 #CCAC37

triadic

#CC6237 #37CC62 #6237CC

tetradic

#CC6237 #56CC37 #37A1CC #AC37CC

square

#CC6237 #56CC37 #37A1CC #AC37CC

split-complementary

#CC6237 #37CCAC #3756CC

monochromatic

#6D331C #9E4A28 #CC6237 #D88868 #E5AF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#CC6237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#CC6237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6237

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6237	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.146 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29170',
    500: '#cc6237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6237;
$custom-light: #e29170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.315,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61702,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6237

secondary

#8EBDD0

accent

#B5E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6237

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

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