#CC6842#CC6842

#CC6842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.137 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6842
RGB	rgb(204, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 36.63, 39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 53.53, 46.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.1038 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.137 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8383, 23.1349, 7.9947)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6842 #42A6CC

analogous

#CC4261 #CC6842 #CCAD42

triadic

#CC6842 #42CC68 #6842CC

tetradic

#CC6842 #61CC42 #42A6CC #AD42CC

square

#CC6842 #61CC42 #42A6CC #AD42CC

split-complementary

#CC6842 #42CCAD #4261CC

monochromatic

#74371F #A44D2C #CC6842 #D98F72 #E6B5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#CC6842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#CC6842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6842

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6842	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.137 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19577',
    500: '#cc6842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6842;
$custom-light: #e19577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62765,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6842

secondary

#97C2D3

accent

#B6E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6842

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

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