#CC6840#CC6840

#CC6840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.138 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6840
RGB	rgb(204, 104, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 36.52, 40.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 54.21, 47.65°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.1031 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.138 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7803, 23.1118, 7.6896)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6840 #40A4CC

analogous

#CC405E #CC6840 #CCAE40

triadic

#CC6840 #40CC68 #6840CC

tetradic

#CC6840 #5ECC40 #40A4CC #AE40CC

square

#CC6840 #5ECC40 #40A4CC #AE40CC

split-complementary

#CC6840 #40CCAE #405ECC

monochromatic

#73371F #A34E2C #CC6840 #D98E70 #E6B4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#CC6840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#CC6840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6840

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6840	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 104, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.138 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29576',
    500: '#cc6840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6840;
$custom-light: #e29576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62739,
    "c": 0.13813,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6840

secondary

#95C1D2

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6840

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

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