#CC6A42#CC6A42

#CC6A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.136 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6A42
RGB	rgb(204, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, 35.59, 39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 53.18, 47.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.1007 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.136 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0420, 23.5424, 8.0626)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6A42 #42A4CC

analogous

#CC425F #CC6A42 #CCAF42

triadic

#CC6A42 #42CC6A #6A42CC

tetradic

#CC6A42 #5FCC42 #42A4CC #AF42CC

square

#CC6A42 #5FCC42 #42A4CC #AF42CC

split-complementary

#CC6A42 #42CCAF #425FCC

monochromatic

#74381F #A44F2C #CC6A42 #D99072 #E6B6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#CC6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#CC6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6A42

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6A42	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.136 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19678',
    500: '#cc6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6a42;
$custom-light: #e19678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63082,
    "c": 0.13569,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6A42

secondary

#97C1D3

accent

#B4E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6A42

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

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