#CC6E40#CC6E40

#CC6E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.133 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC6E40
RGB	rgb(204, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.1%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.45, 33.39, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.45, 53.27, 51.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0.0936 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.133 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4059, 24.3629, 7.8981)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC6E40 #409ECC

analogous

#CC4058 #CC6E40 #CCB440

triadic

#CC6E40 #40CC6E #6E40CC

tetradic

#CC6E40 #58CC40 #409ECC #B440CC

square

#CC6E40 #58CC40 #409ECC #B440CC

split-complementary

#CC6E40 #40CCB4 #4058CC

monochromatic

#733A1F #A3532C #CC6E40 #D99370 #E6B7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#CC6E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#CC6E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC6E40

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC6E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC6E40	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc6e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.133 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19976',
    500: '#cc6e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc6e40;
$custom-light: #e19976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc6e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC6E40

secondary

#95BED2

accent

#AEE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC6E40

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

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