#CD6038#CD6038

#CD6038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.149 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6038
RGB	rgb(205, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.64, 40.56, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.64, 58.80, 46.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.114 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.149 40)
XYZ	xyz(30.0764, 21.6342, 6.3326)
Luminance	0.2163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6038 #38A5CD

analogous

#CD385A #CD6038 #CDAA38

triadic

#CD6038 #38CD60 #6038CD

tetradic

#CD6038 #5ACD38 #38A5CD #AA38CD

square

#CD6038 #5ACD38 #38A5CD #AA38CD

split-complementary

#CD6038 #38CDAA #385ACD

monochromatic

#6F321C #A04828 #CD6038 #D98769 #E6AE9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#CD6038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#CD6038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6038

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6038	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14957

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.149 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39070',
    500: '#cd6038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6038;
$custom-light: #e39070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.107,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61558,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.2163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6038

secondary

#8FC0D1

accent

#B9E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6038

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

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