#CC6838#CC6838

#CC6838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.141 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6838
RGB	rgb(204, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 36.10, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 57.01, 50.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% 0.1005 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.141 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5688, 23.0272, 6.5755)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6838 #389CCC

analogous

#CC3852 #CC6838 #CCB238

triadic

#CC6838 #38CC68 #6838CC

tetradic

#CC6838 #52CC38 #389CCC #B238CC

square

#CC6838 #52CC38 #389CCC #B238CC

split-complementary

#CC6838 #38CCB2 #3852CC

monochromatic

#6E361C #9E4F29 #CC6838 #D88D69 #E5B299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#CC6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#CC6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6838

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6838	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF535D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.141 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29571',
    500: '#cc6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6838;
$custom-light: #e29571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.459,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62645,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6838

secondary

#8FBBD1

accent

#AFE245

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6838

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

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