#CD6236#CD6236

#CD6236 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.148 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6236
RGB	rgb(205, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, 39.47, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 59.11, 48.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% 0.1103 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.148 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.2133, 21.9846, 6.1417)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6236 #36A1CD

analogous

#CD3656 #CD6236 #CDAD36

triadic

#CD6236 #36CD62 #6236CD

tetradic

#CD6236 #56CD36 #36A1CD #AD36CD

square

#CD6236 #56CD36 #36A1CD #AD36CD

split-complementary

#CD6236 #36CDAD #3656CD

monochromatic

#6D331B #9E4A27 #CD6236 #D98867 #E5AF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#CD6236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#CD6236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6236

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6236	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.148 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3916f',
    500: '#cd6236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6236;
$custom-light: #e3916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.483,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61836,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6236

secondary

#8EBDD1

accent

#B5E344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6236

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

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