#CD5C33#CD5C33

#CD5C33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.154 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C33
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 42.32, 44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 61.23, 46.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% 0.1185 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.154 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6045, 20.8763, 5.6019)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C33 #33A4CD

analogous

#CD3357 #CD5C33 #CDA933

triadic

#CD5C33 #33CD5C #5C33CD

tetradic

#CD5C33 #57CD33 #33A4CD #A933CD

square

#CD5C33 #57CD33 #33A4CD #A933CD

split-complementary

#CD5C33 #33CDA9 #3357CD

monochromatic

#6B301A #9C4626 #CD5C33 #D98364 #E5AB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CD5C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#CD5C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C33

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C33	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14353

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.154 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48d6d',
    500: '#cd5c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c33;
$custom-light: #e48d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.974,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60916,
    "c": 0.15396,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C33

secondary

#8BBED0

accent

#B9E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C33

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

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