#CC6541#CC6541

#CC6541 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.140 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6541
RGB	rgb(204, 101, 65)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 68.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 38.11, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 54.42, 45.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.1082 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.14 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5124, 22.5300, 7.7419)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6541 #41A8CC

analogous

#CC4162 #CC6541 #CCAB41

triadic

#CC6541 #41CC65 #6541CC

tetradic

#CC6541 #62CC41 #41A8CC #AB41CC

square

#CC6541 #62CC41 #41A8CC #AB41CC

split-complementary

#CC6541 #41CCAB #4162CC

monochromatic

#74351F #A44B2C #CC6541 #D98C71 #E6B3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#CC6541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#CC6541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6541

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6541	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 101, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.140 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29377',
    500: '#cc6541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6541;
$custom-light: #e29377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62283,
    "c": 0.14035,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6541

secondary

#96C3D3

accent

#B9E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6541

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

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