#CC6537#CC6537

#CC6537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.144 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6537
RGB	rgb(204, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 73%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 37.60, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 57.84, 49.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1049 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.144 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2480, 22.4242, 6.3491)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6537 #379ECC

analogous

#CC3753 #CC6537 #CCAF37

triadic

#CC6537 #37CC65 #6537CC

tetradic

#CC6537 #53CC37 #379ECC #AF37CC

square

#CC6537 #53CC37 #379ECC #AF37CC

split-complementary

#CC6537 #37CCAF #3753CC

monochromatic

#6D351C #9E4C28 #CC6537 #D88B68 #E5B099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#CC6537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#CC6537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6537

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6537	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF505B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.144 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29370',
    500: '#cc6537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6537;
$custom-light: #e29370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.523,
    "s": 59.363,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62163,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6537

secondary

#8EBCD0

accent

#B2E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6537

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

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