#CC6438#CC6438

#CC6438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.144 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6438
RGB	rgb(204, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.28, 38.16, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.28, 57.66, 48.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.1068 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.144 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1757, 22.2409, 6.4445)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6438 #38A0CC

analogous

#CC3856 #CC6438 #CCAE38

triadic

#CC6438 #38CC64 #6438CC

tetradic

#CC6438 #56CC38 #38A0CC #AE38CC

square

#CC6438 #56CC38 #38A0CC #AE38CC

split-complementary

#CC6438 #38CCAE #3856CC

monochromatic

#6E341C #9E4C29 #CC6438 #D88A69 #E5B099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#CC6438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#CC6438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6438

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6438	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)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.144 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29271',
    500: '#cc6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6438;
$custom-light: #e29271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62019,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6438

secondary

#8FBDD1

accent

#B4E245

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6438

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

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