#CD5E38#CD5E38

#CD5E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.151 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5E38
RGB	rgb(205, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 41.56, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 59.19, 45.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% 0.1171 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.151 39)
XYZ	xyz(29.8963, 21.2739, 6.2726)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5E38 #38A7CD

analogous

#CD385C #CD5E38 #CDA838

triadic

#CD5E38 #38CD5E #5E38CD

tetradic

#CD5E38 #5CCD38 #38A7CD #A838CD

square

#CD5E38 #5CCD38 #38A7CD #A838CD

split-complementary

#CD5E38 #38CDA8 #385CCD

monochromatic

#6F311C #A04728 #CD5E38 #D98669 #E6AD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#CD5E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#CD5E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5E38

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5E38	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)

#7C7034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14756

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.151 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38e70',
    500: '#cd5e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5e38;
$custom-light: #e38e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.302,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61262,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.2127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5E38

secondary

#8FC1D1

accent

#BBE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5E38

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

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