#CC6942#CC6942

#CC6942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.137 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6942
RGB	rgb(204, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.5%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 36.11, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 53.35, 47.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1022 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.137 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9395, 23.3375, 8.0285)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6942 #42A5CC

analogous

#CC4260 #CC6942 #CCAE42

triadic

#CC6942 #42CC69 #6942CC

tetradic

#CC6942 #60CC42 #42A5CC #AE42CC

square

#CC6942 #60CC42 #42A5CC #AE42CC

split-complementary

#CC6942 #42CCAE #4260CC

monochromatic

#74371F #A44E2C #CC6942 #D98F72 #E6B5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#CC6942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#CC6942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6942

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6942	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.137 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19578',
    500: '#cc6942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6942;
$custom-light: #e19578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6942

secondary

#97C2D3

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6942

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

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