#CC7540#CC7540

#CC7540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.129 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC7540
RGB	rgb(204, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(23, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, 29.67, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 52.43, 55.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.88% 0.0823 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(64.88% 0.129 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1912, 25.9335, 8.1599)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC7540 #4097CC

analogous

#CC4051 #CC7540 #CCBB40

triadic

#CC7540 #40CC75 #7540CC

tetradic

#CC7540 #51CC40 #4097CC #BB40CC

square

#CC7540 #51CC40 #4097CC #BB40CC

split-complementary

#CC7540 #40CCBB #4051CC

monochromatic

#733F1F #A3592C #CC7540 #D99870 #E6BBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#CC7540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#CC7540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC7540

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC7540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC7540	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2933F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc7540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.129 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19d77',
    500: '#cc7540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc7540;
$custom-light: #e19d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc7540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.714,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64875,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC7540

secondary

#95BBD2

accent

#A7E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC7540

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

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