#CD6135#CD6135

#CD6135 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.149 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6135
RGB	rgb(205, 97, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 39.92, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 59.63, 47.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.1115 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.149 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0971, 21.7894, 5.9883)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6135 #35A1CD

analogous

#CD3555 #CD6135 #CDAD35

triadic

#CD6135 #35CD61 #6135CD

tetradic

#CD6135 #55CD35 #35A1CD #AD35CD

square

#CD6135 #55CD35 #35A1CD #AD35CD

split-complementary

#CD6135 #35CDAD #3555CD

monochromatic

#6D331B #9E4927 #CD6135 #D98766 #E5AE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#CD6135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#CD6135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6135

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6135	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14A57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 97, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.149 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3906e',
    500: '#cd6135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6135;
$custom-light: #e3906e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.368,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61675,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6135

secondary

#8DBDD1

accent

#B5E344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6135

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

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