#CD5E36#CD5E36

#CD5E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.151 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E36
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 41.46, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 59.85, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% 0.1164 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.151 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8483, 21.2547, 6.0201)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E36 #36A5CD

analogous

#CD3659 #CD5E36 #CDA936

triadic

#CD5E36 #36CD5E #5E36CD

tetradic

#CD5E36 #59CD36 #36A5CD #A936CD

square

#CD5E36 #59CD36 #36A5CD #A936CD

split-complementary

#CD5E36 #36CDA9 #3659CD

monochromatic

#6D311B #9E4727 #CD5E36 #D98567 #E5AD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E36

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E36	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)

#7C7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.151 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e6f',
    500: '#cd5e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e36;
$custom-light: #e38e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.894,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6124,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E36

secondary

#8EBFD1

accent

#B9E344

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EC

border

#D6CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E36

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

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