#CD6037#CD6037

#CD6037 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.149 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6037
RGB	rgb(205, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.63, 40.52, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.63, 59.14, 46.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1137 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.149 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.0522, 21.6245, 6.2051)
Luminance	0.2162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6037 #37A4CD

analogous

#CD3759 #CD6037 #CDAB37

triadic

#CD6037 #37CD60 #6037CD

tetradic

#CD6037 #59CD37 #37A4CD #AB37CD

square

#CD6037 #59CD37 #37A4CD #AB37CD

split-complementary

#CD6037 #37CDAB #3759CD

monochromatic

#6E321C #9F4828 #CD6037 #D98768 #E5AE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#CD6037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#CD6037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6037

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6037	1.00	3.94	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.149 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39070',
    500: '#cd6037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6037;
$custom-light: #e39070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61547,
    "c": 0.14922,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6037

secondary

#8FBFD1

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6037

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

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