#CC6542#CC6542

#CC6542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.140 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6542
RGB	rgb(204, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.60, 38.17, 38.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.60, 54.09, 45.11°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% 0.1086 0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.14 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.5416, 22.5417, 7.8958)
Luminance	0.2254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6542 #42A9CC

analogous

#CC4264 #CC6542 #CCAA42

triadic

#CC6542 #42CC65 #6542CC

tetradic

#CC6542 #64CC42 #42A9CC #AA42CC

square

#CC6542 #64CC42 #42A9CC #AA42CC

split-complementary

#CC6542 #42CCAA #4264CC

monochromatic

#74351F #A44B2C #CC6542 #D98C72 #E6B4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#CC6542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#CC6542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6542

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6542	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)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.140 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29377',
    500: '#cc6542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6542;
$custom-light: #e29377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62296,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6542

secondary

#97C4D3

accent

#BAE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6542

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

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