All About Color Burnt Orange

#CC5500

Burnt Orange is a warm, earthy orange color, resembling the color of burnt orange peels. It's a vibrant and energetic color, perfect for creating a lively and cheerful space.

About Burnt Orange

Burnt Orange is a medium orange color with the hex code #CC5500. In RGB it is red 204, green 85, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 25°, saturation 100%, lightness 40%; in CMYK it is 0%, 58%, 100%, 20%. Its contrast ratio is 4.31:1 on white and 4.87:1 on black.

#CC5500 Color Conversion

Hex tripletCC, 55, 00
CMYK0.00%, 58.33%, 100.00%, 20.00%
RGB Decimal204, 85, 0
HSL25°, 100%, 40%
RGB Octal314, 125, 0
HSV (HSB)25.00°, 100.00%, 80.00%
RGB Binary11001100, 1010101, 0
CIE-L*AB51.08, 44.17, 60.78
RGB Percent80.00%, 33.33%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH51.08, 75.13, 54.00
XYZ28.15, 19.33, 2.25
CIE-L*UV51.08, 98.76, 44.65
xyY0.57, 0.39, 19.33
Hunter-Lab43.97, 37.33, 27.75
RYB80.00%, 57.14%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#CC5500 on a dark background: contrast 4.87:1, passes WCAG AA.
#CC5500 on a light background: contrast 4.31:1, passes WCAG AA for large text only.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of Burnt Orange, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

Harmonious five-color palettes built around Burnt Orange. Open any of them in the Muzli palette generator.

Complementary palette

#CC5500 · #FF8229 · #702F00 · #0077CC · #29A6FF

Analogous palette

#CC0077 · #CC0011 · #CC5500 · #CCBB00 · #77CC00

Triadic palette

#CC5500 · #00CC55 · #5500CC · #FF8229 · #29FF82

Tetradic palette

#CC5500 · #11CC00 · #0077CC · #BB00CC · #702F00

Monochromatic palette

#331500 · #803500 · #CC5500 · #FF791A · #FFA666

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