#CC7942#CC7942

#CC7942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.125 H 52.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CC7942
RGB	rgb(204, 121, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, 27.64, 43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 51.31, 57.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% 0.0765 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.125 52.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7252, 26.9088, 8.6237)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CC7942 #4295CC

analogous

#CC4250 #CC7942 #CCBE42

triadic

#CC7942 #42CC79 #7942CC

tetradic

#CC7942 #50CC42 #4295CC #BE42CC

square

#CC7942 #50CC42 #4295CC #BE42CC

split-complementary

#CC7942 #42CCBE #4250CC

monochromatic

#74411F #A45C2C #CC7942 #D99B72 #E6BDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#CC7942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#CC7942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CC7942

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CC7942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CC7942	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cc7942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(204, 121, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.125 52.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a078',
    500: '#cc7942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cc7942;
$custom-light: #e1a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cc7942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 204,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.913,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65587,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 52.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CC7942

secondary

#97BBD3

accent

#A3E147

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CC7942

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

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