#CC6A38#CC6A38

#CC6A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.140 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6A38
RGB	rgb(204, 106, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 35.07, 44.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 56.71, 51.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% 0.0973 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.14 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7725, 23.4346, 6.6434)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6A38 #389ACC

analogous

#CC3850 #CC6A38 #CCB438

triadic

#CC6A38 #38CC6A #6A38CC

tetradic

#CC6A38 #50CC38 #389ACC #B438CC

square

#CC6A38 #50CC38 #389ACC #B438CC

split-complementary

#CC6A38 #38CCB4 #3850CC

monochromatic

#6E381C #9E5029 #CC6A38 #D88E69 #E5B399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#CC6A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#CC6A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6A38

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6A38	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF565F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 106, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.140 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29671',
    500: '#cc6a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6a38;
$custom-light: #e29671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.27,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62963,
    "c": 0.13962,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6A38

secondary

#8FBBD1

accent

#ADE245

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6A38

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

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