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Burnt Orange Palette

Burnt Orange Palette: #CC5500, #0077CC, #CC0011, #CCBB00. Check roles, contrast and CSS variables; open source-color links and JSON.

Burnt Orange Palette assigns primary #CC5500, secondary #0077CC, surface #CC0011, background #CCBB00, accent #000000. The set spans Orange, Blue, Red, and Yellow families with warm, cool, and neutral temperatures. Luminance runs from #000000 at 0 to #CCBB00 at 0.4838; black gives higher contrast on 2 of 5 values.

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5colors
Orange palettedominant group
5use cases

Palette Color Roles

Burnt Orange Palette maps 5 colors to practical UI roles for interfaces, brand systems, and CSS tokens.

Primary#CC5500Burnt Orange
Secondary#0077CC#0077CC
Surface#CC0011#CC0011
Background#CCBB00#CCBB00
Accent#000000Black

CSS Variables

--palette-burnt-orange-primary: #CC5500;
--palette-burnt-orange-secondary: #0077CC;
--palette-burnt-orange-surface: #CC0011;
--palette-burnt-orange-background: #CCBB00;
--palette-burnt-orange-accent: #000000;

Accessibility Snapshot

Compare all 5 Burnt Orange Palette values against black and white text, with the stronger standard foreground identified for each role.

Primary#CC5500
Black 4.87:1 · White 4.32:1
Best #000000
Secondary#0077CC
Black 4.51:1 · White 4.66:1
Best #FFFFFF
Surface#CC0011
Black 3.58:1 · White 5.87:1
Best #FFFFFF
Background#CCBB00
Black 10.68:1 · White 1.97:1
Best #000000
Accent#000000
Black 1:1 · White 21:1
Best #FFFFFF

UI Components Preview

Preview how the Burnt Orange Palette roles behave together across common interface components before copying the CSS variables.

ButtonPrimary action with checked foreground contrast.
CardSurface treatment using palette roles.
AlertBackground, text, and accent roles together.
NavbarSecondary role with accent state.

Machine-readable data

Machine-Readable Burnt Orange Palette Data (JSON)

Structured palette data for Burnt Orange Palette, including color roles, accessibility, semantic groups, use cases, CSS variables, and API links.

AI-Ready Dataset v1.0.0
Luminance0.1933
Black text4.87:1AA Pass
White text4.32:1AA Fail
colorsPalette colors with roles and color systems
rolesPrimary, secondary, surface, background, and accent mapping
accessibilityContrast and WCAG text options by palette color
semanticGroupsAI-readable palette labels
useCasesDesign and implementation contexts
cssVariablesCopy-ready CSS custom properties
Download JSON Open API
Structured sections
Roles
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#CC5500",
    "name": "Burnt Orange"
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#0077CC",
    "name": "#0077CC"
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#CC0011",
    "name": "#CC0011"
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#CCBB00",
    "name": "#CCBB00"
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black"
  }
]
Accessibility
[
  {
    "role": "primary",
    "hex": "#CC5500",
    "name": "Burnt Orange",
    "blackContrast": 4.87,
    "whiteContrast": 4.32,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "secondary",
    "hex": "#0077CC",
    "name": "#0077CC",
    "blackContrast": 4.51,
    "whiteContrast": 4.66,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#FFFFFF"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "surface",
    "hex": "#CC0011",
    "name": "#CC0011",
    "blackContrast": 3.58,
    "whiteContrast": 5.87,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": []
  },
  {
    "role": "background",
    "hex": "#CCBB00",
    "name": "#CCBB00",
    "blackContrast": 10.68,
    "whiteContrast": 1.97,
    "bestTextColor": "#000000",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A",
      "#36454F"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#000000",
      "#1A1A1A"
    ]
  },
  {
    "role": "accent",
    "hex": "#000000",
    "name": "Black",
    "blackContrast": 1,
    "whiteContrast": 21,
    "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
    "aaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ],
    "aaaTextOptions": [
      "#FFFFFF",
      "#F5F5F5"
    ]
  }
]
Semantic groups
[
  "burnt orange palette",
  "generated palette",
  "orange palette",
  "blue palette",
  "red palette",
  "yellow palette",
  "gray palette",
  "vibrant palette",
  "jewel tone palette",
  "dark palette",
  "neutral palette",
  "warm palette",
  "cool palette"
]
Use cases
[
  "design system tokens",
  "CSS variables",
  "palette reference",
  "AI color ingestion",
  "calm digital interfaces"
]
CSS variables
"--palette-burnt-orange-primary: #CC5500;\n--palette-burnt-orange-secondary: #0077CC;\n--palette-burnt-orange-surface: #CC0011;\n--palette-burnt-orange-background: #CCBB00;\n--palette-burnt-orange-accent: #000000;"
Full JSON dataset 
{
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  "slug": "burnt-orange",
  "name": "Burnt Orange Palette",
  "type": "generated",
  "sourceColor": "burnt-orange",
  "description": "Generated palette built from Burnt Orange, its harmonies, a high-contrast pairing, and a light variant.",
  "narrative": "Burnt Orange Palette combines primary #CC5500, secondary #0077CC, surface #CC0011, background #CCBB00, accent #000000. According to Colors Encyclopedia, the palette works as a orange palette, blue palette, red palette system for design system tokens, CSS variables, palette reference, and AI color ingestion, with each color mapped to roles, contrast data, CSS tokens, and machine-readable JSON.",
  "semanticGroups": [
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    "generated palette",
    "orange palette",
    "blue palette",
    "red palette",
    "yellow palette",
    "gray palette",
    "vibrant palette",
    "jewel tone palette",
    "dark palette",
    "neutral palette",
    "warm palette",
    "cool palette"
  ],
  "useCases": [
    "design system tokens",
    "CSS variables",
    "palette reference",
    "AI color ingestion",
    "calm digital interfaces"
  ],
  "colors": [
    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#CC5500",
      "slug": "burnt-orange",
      "name": "Burnt Orange",
      "rgb": [
        204,
        85,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        25,
        100,
        40
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        58,
        100,
        20
      ],
      "family": "orange",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1933,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.87,
        "white": 4.32
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/burnt-orange/"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#0077CC",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#0077CC",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        119,
        204
      ],
      "hsl": [
        205,
        100,
        40
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        100,
        42,
        0,
        20
      ],
      "family": "blue",
      "temperature": "cool",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant",
        "jewel-tone"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1755,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 4.51,
        "white": 4.66
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#FFFFFF"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#CC0011",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#CC0011",
      "rgb": [
        204,
        0,
        17
      ],
      "hsl": [
        355,
        100,
        40
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        100,
        92,
        20
      ],
      "family": "red",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.1288,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 3.58,
        "white": 5.87
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": []
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#CCBB00",
      "slug": null,
      "name": "#CCBB00",
      "rgb": [
        204,
        187,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        55,
        100,
        40
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        8,
        100,
        20
      ],
      "family": "yellow",
      "temperature": "warm",
      "tone": [
        "vibrant"
      ],
      "luminance": 0.4838,
      "contrast": {
        "black": 10.68,
        "white": 1.97
      },
      "wcag": {
        "AA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A",
          "#36454F"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#000000",
          "#1A1A1A"
        ]
      },
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "slug": "black",
      "name": "Black",
      "rgb": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "hsl": [
        0,
        0,
        0
      ],
      "cmyk": [
        0,
        0,
        0,
        100
      ],
      "family": "gray",
      "temperature": "neutral",
      "tone": [
        "dark",
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      ],
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        "white": 21
      },
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          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ],
        "AAA": [
          "#FFFFFF",
          "#F5F5F5"
        ]
      },
      "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/colors/black/"
    }
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    {
      "role": "primary",
      "hex": "#CC5500",
      "name": "Burnt Orange"
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#0077CC",
      "name": "#0077CC"
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#CC0011",
      "name": "#CC0011"
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#CCBB00",
      "name": "#CCBB00"
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black"
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "name": "Burnt Orange",
      "blackContrast": 4.87,
      "whiteContrast": 4.32,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "secondary",
      "hex": "#0077CC",
      "name": "#0077CC",
      "blackContrast": 4.51,
      "whiteContrast": 4.66,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#FFFFFF"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "surface",
      "hex": "#CC0011",
      "name": "#CC0011",
      "blackContrast": 3.58,
      "whiteContrast": 5.87,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": []
    },
    {
      "role": "background",
      "hex": "#CCBB00",
      "name": "#CCBB00",
      "blackContrast": 10.68,
      "whiteContrast": 1.97,
      "bestTextColor": "#000000",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A",
        "#36454F"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#000000",
        "#1A1A1A"
      ]
    },
    {
      "role": "accent",
      "hex": "#000000",
      "name": "Black",
      "blackContrast": 1,
      "whiteContrast": 21,
      "bestTextColor": "#FFFFFF",
      "aaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ],
      "aaaTextOptions": [
        "#FFFFFF",
        "#F5F5F5"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cssVariables": "--palette-burnt-orange-primary: #CC5500;\n--palette-burnt-orange-secondary: #0077CC;\n--palette-burnt-orange-surface: #CC0011;\n--palette-burnt-orange-background: #CCBB00;\n--palette-burnt-orange-accent: #000000;",
  "relatedEndpoints": [
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/burnt-orange.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes.json",
    "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/burnt-orange.json"
  ],
  "url": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/palettes/burnt-orange/",
  "apiUrl": "https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/palettes/burnt-orange.json"
}
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