Solar Ash `#CC6622`

Solar Ash (#CC6622) is a mid-tone, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 49°, lightness 0.62 and chroma 0.15. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX	`#CC6622`
RGB	`rgb(204, 102, 34)`
HSL	`hsl(24, 71%, 47%)`
HSV	`hsv(24, 83%, 80%)`
CMYK	`cmyk(0%, 50%, 83%, 20%)`
CIE Lab	`lab(54.5 36.3 53.6)`
OKLCH	`oklch(0.621 0.150 49)`

How Solar Ash behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Solar Ash is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.8), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Warm interior (2700K incandescent / warm LED): → #ce621a — ΔE 0.8, is virtually unchanged
Neutral LED (4000K task and retail lighting): → #d0661f — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged
Daylight (6500K standard daylight (reference)): → #cc6622 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged
Blue-sky shade (cool daylight (~10000K proxy)): → #cd6723 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchanged

Test Solar Ash in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.82:1 and against black 5.49:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Colors that go with Solar Ash

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffd4be · #f99c69 · #cc6622 · #aa4d00 · #763300 · #461a00

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#d1a34c · #d0852f · #cc6622 · #b8503b · #9f3f48 · #84324f

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#afa76f · #cc6622 · #a24f16 · #584e00 · #552200 · #201b00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#ffeadf · #0bc3fe · #cc6622 · #7c5f50 · #6b391b · #402312

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e4f5fd · #b29d92 · #cc6622 · #636e74 · #3c271c · #000205

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e8f4fa · #bfcdd5 · #92a2ab · #182d37 · #000b14 · #cc6622

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#e2f5ff · #3eafde · #cc6622 · #00779d · #003244 · #1d0500

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#e2f5ff · #08b8bf · #cc6622 · #3269c1 · #003437 · #000013

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d5fced · #41ba96 · #cc6622 · #6c59bc · #2f1866 · #000402

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e3fadd · #79b46a · #cc6622 · #00779d · #460a53 · #00050c

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#D87D48 · #E49467 · #EFAA85 · #FAC1A2 · #FFD9C5

Shades

#AC510C · #8B3D00 · #6A2D00 · #4B1D00 · #2E0E00

Muted

#BF6F41 · #B17757 · #A27D6A

Using Solar Ash

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.