#CC6938#CC6938

#CC6938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.140 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6938
RGB	rgb(204, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 35.59, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 56.86, 51.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% 0.0989 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.14 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6700, 23.2297, 6.6093)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6938 #389BCC

analogous

#CC3851 #CC6938 #CCB338

triadic

#CC6938 #38CC69 #6938CC

tetradic

#CC6938 #51CC38 #389BCC #B338CC

square

#CC6938 #51CC38 #389BCC #B338CC

split-complementary

#CC6938 #38CCB3 #3851CC

monochromatic

#6E371C #9E5029 #CC6938 #D88E69 #E5B299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#CC6938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#CC6938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6938

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6938	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF555E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.140 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29571',
    500: '#cc6938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6938;
$custom-light: #e29571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62803,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6938

secondary

#8FBBD1

accent

#AEE245

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6938

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

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