#CD5E34#CD5E34

#CD5E34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.152 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E34
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 52)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, 41.38, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 60.52, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% 0.1158 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.152 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8023, 21.2363, 5.7778)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E34 #34A3CD

analogous

#CD3456 #CD5E34 #CDAB34

triadic

#CD5E34 #34CD5E #5E34CD

tetradic

#CD5E34 #56CD34 #34A3CD #AB34CD

square

#CD5E34 #56CD34 #34A3CD #AB34CD

split-complementary

#CD5E34 #34CDAB #3456CD

monochromatic

#6C311B #9D4727 #CD5E34 #D98565 #E5AC96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E34

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E34	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D702F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.152 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e6e',
    500: '#cd5e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e34;
$custom-light: #e38e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.471,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61218,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E34

secondary

#8CBED1

accent

#B8E444

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E34

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

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