#CD6235#CD6235

#CD6235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.148 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6235
RGB	rgb(205, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, 39.42, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 59.45, 48.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% 0.11 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.148 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1901, 21.9753, 6.0193)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6235 #35A0CD

analogous

#CD3554 #CD6235 #CDAE35

triadic

#CD6235 #35CD62 #6235CD

tetradic

#CD6235 #54CD35 #35A0CD #AE35CD

square

#CD6235 #54CD35 #35A0CD #AE35CD

split-complementary

#CD6235 #35CDAE #3554CD

monochromatic

#6D331B #9E4A27 #CD6235 #D98866 #E5AE97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#CD6235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#CD6235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6235

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6235	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.148 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3916e',
    500: '#cd6235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6235;
$custom-light: #e3916e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.763,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61826,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6235

secondary

#8DBDD1

accent

#B4E344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6235

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

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