#CC6642#CC6642

#CC6642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.139 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6642
RGB	rgb(204, 102, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.80, 37.66, 38.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.80, 53.89, 45.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% 0.107 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.139 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6393, 22.7371, 7.9284)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6642 #42A8CC

analogous

#CC4263 #CC6642 #CCAB42

triadic

#CC6642 #42CC66 #6642CC

tetradic

#CC6642 #63CC42 #42A8CC #AB42CC

square

#CC6642 #63CC42 #42A8CC #AB42CC

split-complementary

#CC6642 #42CCAB #4263CC

monochromatic

#74361F #A44C2C #CC6642 #D98D72 #E6B4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#CC6642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#CC6642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6642

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6642	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF525E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 102, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.139 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29377',
    500: '#cc6642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6642;
$custom-light: #e29377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 102,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62451,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6642

secondary

#97C3D3

accent

#B9E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6642

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

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