#CC6738#CC6738

#CC6738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.142 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6738
RGB	rgb(204, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.5%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 36.62, 43.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 57.17, 50.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.1021 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.142 44)
XYZ	xyz(30.4687, 22.8270, 6.5422)
Luminance	0.2282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6738 #389DCC

analogous

#CC3853 #CC6738 #CCB138

triadic

#CC6738 #38CC67 #6738CC

tetradic

#CC6738 #53CC38 #389DCC #B138CC

square

#CC6738 #53CC38 #389DCC #B138CC

split-complementary

#CC6738 #38CCB1 #3853CC

monochromatic

#6E361C #9E4E29 #CC6738 #D88C69 #E5B199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#CC6738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#CC6738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6738

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6738	1.00	3.77	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF525D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.142 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29471',
    500: '#cc6738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6738;
$custom-light: #e29471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.054,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62487,
    "c": 0.14196,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.22823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6738

secondary

#8FBCD1

accent

#B1E245

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6738

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

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