#CD5935#CD5935

#CD5935 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.156 H 37.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5935
RGB	rgb(205, 89, 53)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, 43.86, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 61.18, 44.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1236 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.156 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3948, 20.3848, 5.7542)
Luminance	0.2038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5935 #35A9CD

analogous

#CD355D #CD5935 #CDA535

triadic

#CD5935 #35CD59 #5935CD

tetradic

#CD5935 #5DCD35 #35A9CD #A535CD

square

#CD5935 #5DCD35 #35A9CD #A535CD

split-complementary

#CD5935 #35CDA5 #355DCD

monochromatic

#6D2E1B #9E4327 #CD5935 #D98166 #E5AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#CD5935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#CD5935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5935

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5935	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E13F51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 89, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.156 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48b6e',
    500: '#cd5935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5935;
$custom-light: #e48b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.211,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60509,
    "c": 0.15607,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5935

secondary

#8DC1D1

accent

#BEE344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5935

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

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