#CC7251#CC7251

#CC7251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.123 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC7251
RGB	rgb(204, 114, 81)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 60.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 32.36, 33.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 46.69, 46.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% 0.0933 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.123 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4068, 25.4695, 10.9924)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC7251 #51ABCC

analogous

#CC516D #CC7251 #CCB051

triadic

#CC7251 #51CC72 #7251CC

tetradic

#CC7251 #6DCC51 #51ABCC #B051CC

square

#CC7251 #6DCC51 #51ABCC #B051CC

split-complementary

#CC7251 #51CCB0 #516DCC

monochromatic

#7E3D25 #AD5433 #CC7251 #DA9880 #E8BFB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#CC7251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#CC7251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC7251

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC7251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC7251	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE626A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc7251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 114, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.123 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e09c82',
    500: '#cc7251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc7251;
$custom-light: #e09c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc7251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.098,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64603,
    "c": 0.12289,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC7251

secondary

#A3C8D6

accent

#B6DE4A

background

#FEF9F8

surface

#FDF2EF

border

#D5CCCA

text

#160E0A

muted

#847E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC7251

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

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