#CC6540#CC6540

#CC6540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.141 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6540
RGB	rgb(204, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 38.06, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 54.75, 45.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% 0.1079 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.141 40)
XYZ	xyz(30.4837, 22.5185, 7.5907)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6540 #40A7CC

analogous

#CC4061 #CC6540 #CCAB40

triadic

#CC6540 #40CC65 #6540CC

tetradic

#CC6540 #61CC40 #40A7CC #AB40CC

square

#CC6540 #61CC40 #40A7CC #AB40CC

split-complementary

#CC6540 #40CCAB #4061CC

monochromatic

#73351F #A34B2C #CC6540 #D98C70 #E6B3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#CC6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#CC6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6540

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6540	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.141 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29376',
    500: '#cc6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6540;
$custom-light: #e29376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.857,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6227,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.22515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6540

secondary

#95C2D2

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6540

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

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