Rusty Orange#CD5909

#CD5909 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.166 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Rusty Orange — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#CD5909
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 9)
HSL	hsl(24, 92%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(24, 96%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 95.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 42.72, 59.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 73.19, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.1145 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.166 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8017, 20.1476, 2.6306)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5909 #097DCD

analogous

#CD091B #CD5909 #CDBB09

triadic

#CD5909 #09CD59 #5909CD

tetradic

#CD5909 #1BCD09 #097DCD #BB09CD

square

#CD5909 #1BCD09 #097DCD #BB09CD

split-complementary

#CD5909 #09CDBB #091BCD

monochromatic

#582604 #924006 #CD5909 #F5761E #F89A59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#CD5909 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#CD5909 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5909

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5909	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5909	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978600

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E23C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5909;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.166 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e58b58',
    500: '#cd5909',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5909;
$custom-light: #e58b58;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5909",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.49,
    "s": 91.589,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60223,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5909

secondary

#57A5DA

accent

#A8FF29

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FFF0E9

border

#D7CBC5

text

#180C04

muted

#867D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5909

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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