#CC7542#CC7542

#CC7542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.128 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC7542
RGB	rgb(204, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.6%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, 29.79, 42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 51.67, 54.80°)
OKLab	oklab(64.9% 0.083 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(64.9% 0.128 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2491, 25.9567, 8.4650)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC7542 #4299CC

analogous

#CC4254 #CC7542 #CCBA42

triadic

#CC7542 #42CC75 #7542CC

tetradic

#CC7542 #54CC42 #4299CC #BA42CC

square

#CC7542 #54CC42 #4299CC #BA42CC

split-complementary

#CC7542 #42CCBA #4254CC

monochromatic

#743F1F #A4592C #CC7542 #D99872 #E6BBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#CC7542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#CC7542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC7542

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC7542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC7542	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)

#8D803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF6469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc7542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.128 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e19d78',
    500: '#cc7542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc7542;
$custom-light: #e19d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc7542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.174,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64899,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC7542

secondary

#97BDD3

accent

#A8E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC7542

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

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