HEX atlas value

#CC7722

#CC7722 is a warm orange HEX color nearest Ochre. RGB 204, 119, 34, HSL 30° 71% 47%, luminance 0.2615; view contrast and conversions.

orange warm balanced

#CC7722 Sample readable text

HEX #CC7722

RGB rgb(204, 119, 34)

HSL hsl(30 71% 47%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 42, 83, 20)

Luminance 0.2615

Contrast Black 6.23:1White 3.37:1

CSS

--color-cc7722: #CC7722;
.background-cc7722 { background-color: #CC7722; }
.text-cc7722 { color: #CC7722; }

HEX meaning and use

About #CC7722

#CC7722 is classified as a warm orange value with balanced visual character. #CC7722 is visually closest to Ochre, a named orange color with HEX #CC7722.

The RGB channels are 204, 119, and 34, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 30deg with 71% saturation and 47% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, and CSS color tokens. Its luminance is 0.2615, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 0.00, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text6.23:1AA Pass

White text3.37:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #CC7722 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000006.23:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF3.37:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#CDCD23#CDCD23 · #000000 text · best 12.35:1 #E5A666#E5A666 · #000000 text · best 9.98:1 #7E4A15#7E4A15 · #FFFFFF text · best 7.3:1 #E77808#E77808 · #000000 text · best 7.09:1 Bronze#CD7F32 · #000000 text · best 6.68:1

Generated Palette

Ochre#CC7722

#2378CD#2378CD

#CD2323#CD2323

#CDCD23#CDCD23

#E5A666#E5A666

#7E4A15#7E4A15

Color Harmonies

#2378CD#2378CD

#CD2323#CD2323

#CDCD23#CDCD23

#23CD78#23CD78

#7823CD#7823CD

Variants

#E5A666#E5A666

#7E4A15#7E4A15

#E77808#E77808

#B3783D#B3783D

#E0B890#E0B890

#FF8C1A#FF8C1A

Nearest Named Colors

Ochre#CC7722

Chocolate#D2691E

Cinnamon#D2691E

Bronze#CD7F32

Copper#B87333

Luminance0.2615

Black text6.23:1AA Pass

White text3.37:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#CC7722","rgb":[204,119,34],"hsl":[30,71,47],"cmyk":[0,42,83,20],"luminance":0.2615,"contrast":{"black":6.23,"white":3.37}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":6.23,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":3.37,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#CDCD23","hex":"#CDCD23","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.35,"contrastWhite":1.7,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#E5A666","hex":"#E5A666","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.98,"contrastWhite":2.1,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#7E4A15","hex":"#7E4A15","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.88,"contrastWhite":7.3,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF"]},{"name":"#E77808","hex":"#E77808","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":7.09,"contrastWhite":2.96,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000"]},{"name":"Bronze","hex":"#CD7F32","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.68,"contrastWhite":3.14,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm orange","balanced","balanced orange","Ochre adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/cc7722.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/ochre.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/chocolate.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cinnamon.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#2378CD","analogous":["#CD2323","#CDCD23"],"triadic":["#23CD78","#7823CD"],"tetradic":["#23CD23","#2378CD","#CD23CD"],"splitComplementary":["#23CDCD","#2323CD"],"monochromatic":["#E5A666","#CC7722","#7E4A15"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E5A666","dark":"#7E4A15","saturated":"#E77808","desaturated":"#B3783D","pastel":"#E0B890","neon":"#FF8C1A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"ochre","name":"Ochre","hex":"#CC7722","distance":0},{"slug":"chocolate","name":"Chocolate","hex":"#D2691E","distance":15.748015748023622},{"slug":"cinnamon","name":"Cinnamon","hex":"#D2691E","distance":15.748015748023622},{"slug":"bronze","name":"Bronze","hex":"#CD7F32","distance":17.916472867168917},{"slug":"copper","name":"Copper","hex":"#B87333","distance":26.551836094703507}]

#CC7722

CSS

About #CC7722

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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