#CC7042#CC7042

#CC7042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.131 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC7042
RGB	rgb(204, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, 32.45, 40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 52.27, 51.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% 0.0911 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.131 46)
XYZ	xyz(31.6821, 24.8225, 8.2760)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC7042 #429ECC

analogous

#CC4259 #CC7042 #CCB542

triadic

#CC7042 #42CC70 #7042CC

tetradic

#CC7042 #59CC42 #429ECC #B542CC

square

#CC7042 #59CC42 #429ECC #B542CC

split-complementary

#CC7042 #42CCB5 #4259CC

monochromatic

#743C1F #A4542C #CC7042 #D99472 #E6B9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#CC7042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#CC7042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC7042

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC7042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC7042	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF5E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc7042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.131 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19a78',
    500: '#cc7042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc7042;
$custom-light: #e19a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc7042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64059,
    "c": 0.131,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.24819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC7042

secondary

#97BFD3

accent

#AEE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC7042

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

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