#CC5700

A medium, vivid orange closely aligning with Chocolate.

About #CC5700

Visually, #CC5700 is defined as a vivid orange. Designers often compare it to the standard color Chocolate. Its digital footprint relies on 204 parts red, 87 parts green, and 0 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 57% magenta inks. This makes it a relatively light color when applied to physical surfaces.

Ensuring your text is legible against this background is a key part of web design. The calculated luminance score dictates that #000000 typography is the safest choice. Be sure to check our contrast matrix below to see exactly how it performs against common backgrounds.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#CC5700
RGB204, 87, 0
HSL25.6°, 100.0%, 40.0%
CMYK0%, 57%, 100%, 20%
HSV25.6°, 100.0%, 80.0%
LAB51.4, 43.2, 61.0
XYZ28.3, 19.7, 2.3
Decimal13391616

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

4.26:1
Text on #FFFFFF
AA Large
4.93:1
Text on #000000
AA
4.07:1
Text on #F8FAFC
AA Large
4.19:1
Text on #0F172A
AA Large

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #CC5700; }
.text-color { color: #CC5700; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #CC5700; }

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