#CC7240#CC7240

#CC7240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.130 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC7240
RGB	rgb(204, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 31.27, 42.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 52.75, 53.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.37% 0.0872 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(64.37% 0.13 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8472, 25.2456, 8.0452)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC7240 #409ACC

analogous

#CC4054 #CC7240 #CCB840

triadic

#CC7240 #40CC72 #7240CC

tetradic

#CC7240 #54CC40 #409ACC #B840CC

square

#CC7240 #54CC40 #409ACC #B840CC

split-complementary

#CC7240 #40CCB8 #4054CC

monochromatic

#733D1F #A3562C #CC7240 #D99670 #E6B9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CC7240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#CC7240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC7240

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC7240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC7240	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc7240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.130 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19b77',
    500: '#cc7240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc7240;
$custom-light: #e19b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc7240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64368,
    "c": 0.13049,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC7240

secondary

#95BDD2

accent

#AAE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC7240

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

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