#CD6138#CD6138

#CD6138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.148 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6138
RGB	rgb(205, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 40.06, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 58.62, 46.88°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% 0.1125 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.148 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1683, 21.8178, 6.3632)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6138 #38A4CD

analogous

#CD3859 #CD6138 #CDAB38

triadic

#CD6138 #38CD61 #6138CD

tetradic

#CD6138 #59CD38 #38A4CD #AB38CD

square

#CD6138 #59CD38 #38A4CD #AB38CD

split-complementary

#CD6138 #38CDAB #3859CD

monochromatic

#6F331C #A04928 #CD6138 #D98869 #E6AF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#CD6138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#CD6138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6138

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6138	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)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.148 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39070',
    500: '#cd6138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6138;
$custom-light: #e39070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.51,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61708,
    "c": 0.14803,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6138

secondary

#8FBFD1

accent

#B7E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6138

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

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