#CC6A40#CC6A40

#CC6A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.136 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6A40
RGB	rgb(204, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, 35.48, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 53.87, 48.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.1 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.136 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9840, 23.5192, 7.7575)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6A40 #40A2CC

analogous

#CC405C #CC6A40 #CCB040

triadic

#CC6A40 #40CC6A #6A40CC

tetradic

#CC6A40 #5CCC40 #40A2CC #B040CC

square

#CC6A40 #5CCC40 #40A2CC #B040CC

split-complementary

#CC6A40 #40CCB0 #405CCC

monochromatic

#73381F #A34F2C #CC6A40 #D99070 #E6B5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#CC6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#CC6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6A40

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6A40	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.136 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29676',
    500: '#cc6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6a40;
$custom-light: #e29676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6A40

secondary

#95C0D2

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6A40

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

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