#CD5E37#CD5E37

#CD5E37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.151 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E37
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.24, 41.51, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.24, 59.52, 45.78°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% 0.1168 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.151 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8721, 21.2642, 6.1450)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E37 #37A6CD

analogous

#CD375B #CD5E37 #CDA937

triadic

#CD5E37 #37CD5E #5E37CD

tetradic

#CD5E37 #5BCD37 #37A6CD #A937CD

square

#CD5E37 #5BCD37 #37A6CD #A937CD

split-complementary

#CD5E37 #37CDA9 #375BCD

monochromatic

#6E311C #9F4728 #CD5E37 #D98568 #E5AD99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E37

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E37	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)

#7C7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14655

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.151 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e70',
    500: '#cd5e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e37;
$custom-light: #e38e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61251,
    "c": 0.15098,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E37

secondary

#8FC0D1

accent

#BAE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E37

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

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