#CD5C35#CD5C35

#CD5C35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.153 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5C35
RGB	rgb(205, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.83, 42.41, 43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.83, 60.58, 45.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.94% 0.1191 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(60.94% 0.153 39)
XYZ	xyz(29.6496, 20.8943, 5.8392)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5C35 #35A6CD

analogous

#CD355A #CD5C35 #CDA835

triadic

#CD5C35 #35CD5C #5C35CD

tetradic

#CD5C35 #5ACD35 #35A6CD #A835CD

square

#CD5C35 #5ACD35 #35A6CD #A835CD

split-complementary

#CD5C35 #35CDA8 #355ACD

monochromatic

#6D301B #9E4627 #CD5C35 #D98466 #E5AB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#CD5C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#CD5C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5C35

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5C35	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.153 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48d6e',
    500: '#cd5c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5c35;
$custom-light: #e48d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.395,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60938,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.2089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5C35

secondary

#8DBFD1

accent

#BBE344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5C35

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

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