#CC6638#CC6638

#CC6638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.143 H 43.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6638
RGB	rgb(204, 102, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, 37.13, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 57.33, 49.63°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1036 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.143 43.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3699, 22.6293, 6.5092)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6638 #389ECC

analogous

#CC3854 #CC6638 #CCB038

triadic

#CC6638 #38CC66 #6638CC

tetradic

#CC6638 #54CC38 #389ECC #B038CC

square

#CC6638 #54CC38 #389ECC #B038CC

split-complementary

#CC6638 #38CCB0 #3854CC

monochromatic

#6E351C #9E4D29 #CC6638 #D88B69 #E5B199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#CC6638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#CC6638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6638

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6638	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF515C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 102, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.143 43.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29371',
    500: '#cc6638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6638;
$custom-light: #e29371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.649,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.14275,
    "h": 43.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6638

secondary

#8FBCD1

accent

#B2E245

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6638

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

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