#CC7242#CC7242

#CC7242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.130 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC7242
RGB	rgb(204, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 31.39, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 52.01, 52.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0878 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.13 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9052, 25.2688, 8.3504)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC7242 #429CCC

analogous

#CC4257 #CC7242 #CCB742

triadic

#CC7242 #42CC72 #7242CC

tetradic

#CC7242 #57CC42 #429CCC #B742CC

square

#CC7242 #57CC42 #429CCC #B742CC

split-complementary

#CC7242 #42CCB7 #4257CC

monochromatic

#743D1F #A4562C #CC7242 #D99672 #E6BAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CC7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#CC7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC7242

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC7242	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)

#8B7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.130 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19b78',
    500: '#cc7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc7242;
$custom-light: #e19b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64392,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC7242

secondary

#97BED3

accent

#ABE147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC7242

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

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