#CD5E35#CD5E35

#CD5E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.152 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E35
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, 41.42, 43.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 60.19, 46.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.1161 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.152 40)
XYZ	xyz(29.8251, 21.2454, 5.8977)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E35 #35A4CD

analogous

#CD3558 #CD5E35 #CDAA35

triadic

#CD5E35 #35CD5E #5E35CD

tetradic

#CD5E35 #58CD35 #35A4CD #AA35CD

square

#CD5E35 #58CD35 #35A4CD #AA35CD

split-complementary

#CD5E35 #35CDAA #3558CD

monochromatic

#6D311B #9E4727 #CD5E35 #D98566 #E5AC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E35

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E35	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)

#7D7030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.152 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e6e',
    500: '#cd5e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e35;
$custom-light: #e38e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.184,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61229,
    "c": 0.1516,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.21242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E35

secondary

#8DBED1

accent

#B9E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E35

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

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