#cc4600

Color #cc4600

A vivid, highly saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Chocolate #d2691e · ΔE 15.94 Nearest Tailwind class orange-700 #ca3500 · ΔE 4.1

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Conversions

HEX

#cc4600

RGB

rgb(204, 70, 0)

HSL

hsl(20.6, 100%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(20.6, 100%, 80%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 65.7%, 100%, 20%)

LAB

lab(48.54, 50.89, 59.42)

LCH

lch(48.54, 78.23, 49.42)

OKLCH

oklch(57.6%, 0.1807, 39.97)

HWB

hwb(20.6, 0%, 20%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#0086cc

Analogous

#cc0020

#cc4600

#ccac00

Triadic

#cc4600

#00cc46

#4600cc

Split-complementary

#cc4600

#00ccac

#0020cc

Tetradic

#cc4600

#86cc00

#0086cc

#4600cc

Square

#cc4600

#20cc00

#0086cc

#ac00cc

Shades

Color #cc4600 mixed toward black.

#aa3a00

#882f00

#662300

#441700

#220c00

Tints

Color #cc4600 mixed toward white.

#ff5800

#ff7933

#ff9b66

#ffbc99

#ffdecc

Tones

Color #cc4600 mixed toward gray.

#bb4b11

#aa5122

#995633

#885b44

#776155

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.73:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.44:1

White text reads better on this background (4.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a4a320 · ΔE 42.4

Deuteranopia

#aab125 · ΔE 46.3

Tritanopia

#c82d30 · ΔE 13.4

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 28.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #cc4600;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#cc4600]

Related colors

Sienna #a0522d

Light Salmon #ffa07a

Seashell #fff5ee

Chocolate #d2691e

Saddle Brown #8b4513

Orange Red #ff4500

Frequently asked questions

#cc4600 (#cc4600) is rgb(204, 70, 0) in RGB.

No, #cc4600 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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