#CC6437#CC6437

#CC6437 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.145 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6437
RGB	rgb(204, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 38.11, 43.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 58.01, 48.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1064 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.145 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1515, 22.2312, 6.3170)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6437 #379FCC

analogous

#CC3754 #CC6437 #CCAF37

triadic

#CC6437 #37CC64 #6437CC

tetradic

#CC6437 #54CC37 #379FCC #AF37CC

square

#CC6437 #54CC37 #379FCC #AF37CC

split-complementary

#CC6437 #37CCAF #3754CC

monochromatic

#6D341C #9E4C28 #CC6437 #D88A68 #E5B099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#CC6437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CC6437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6437

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6437	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.145 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29270',
    500: '#cc6437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6437;
$custom-light: #e29270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.121,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62008,
    "c": 0.14475,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6437

secondary

#8EBCD0

accent

#B3E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6437

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

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