#CD5E2D#CD5E2D

#CD5E2D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.154 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E2D
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 45)
HSL	hsl(18, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.14, 41.09, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.14, 62.85, 49.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.15% 0.1138 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(61.15% 0.154 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6562, 21.1779, 5.0082)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E2D #2D9CCD

analogous

#CD2D4C #CD5E2D #CDAE2D

triadic

#CD5E2D #2DCD5E #5E2DCD

tetradic

#CD5E2D #4CCD2D #2D9CCD #AE2DCD

square

#CD5E2D #4CCD2D #2D9CCD #AE2DCD

split-complementary

#CD5E2D #2DCDAE #2D4CCD

monochromatic

#693017 #9B4722 #CD5E2D #DB835C #E6A98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#CD5E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#CD5E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E2D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E2D	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14554

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.154 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e48e69',
    500: '#cd5e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e2d;
$custom-light: #e48e69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.375,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6115,
    "c": 0.15403,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E2D

secondary

#85BAD1

accent

#B4E741

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E2D

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

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