#CC6940#CC6940

#CC6940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.137 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6940
RGB	rgb(204, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 36.00, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 54.04, 48.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.1016 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.137 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8816, 23.3143, 7.7233)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6940 #40A3CC

analogous

#CC405D #CC6940 #CCAF40

triadic

#CC6940 #40CC69 #6940CC

tetradic

#CC6940 #5DCC40 #40A3CC #AF40CC

square

#CC6940 #5DCC40 #40A3CC #AF40CC

split-complementary

#CC6940 #40CCAF #405DCC

monochromatic

#73371F #A34F2C #CC6940 #D98F70 #E6B5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#CC6940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#CC6940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6940

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6940	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.137 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29576',
    500: '#cc6940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6940;
$custom-light: #e29576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62897,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6940

secondary

#95C0D2

accent

#B4E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6940

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

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