#CD5F38#CD5F38

#CD5F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.150 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD5F38
RGB	rgb(205, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 41.06, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 59.00, 45.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% 0.1156 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.15 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9858, 21.4529, 6.3024)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD5F38 #38A6CD

analogous

#CD385B #CD5F38 #CDA938

triadic

#CD5F38 #38CD5F #5F38CD

tetradic

#CD5F38 #5BCD38 #38A6CD #A938CD

square

#CD5F38 #5BCD38 #38A6CD #A938CD

split-complementary

#CD5F38 #38CDA9 #385BCD

monochromatic

#6F321C #A04728 #CD5F38 #D98669 #E6AE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#CD5F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#CD5F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD5F38

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD5F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD5F38	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd5f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.150 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e38f70',
    500: '#cd5f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd5f38;
$custom-light: #e38f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd5f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.705,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6141,
    "c": 0.14978,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD5F38

secondary

#8FC0D1

accent

#BAE345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD5F38

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

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