#CD6237#CD6237

#CD6237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.147 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6237
RGB	rgb(205, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 39.51, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 58.77, 47.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% 0.1106 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.148 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2370, 21.9941, 6.2667)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6237 #37A2CD

analogous

#CD3757 #CD6237 #CDAD37

triadic

#CD6237 #37CD62 #6237CD

tetradic

#CD6237 #57CD37 #37A2CD #AD37CD

square

#CD6237 #57CD37 #37A2CD #AD37CD

split-complementary

#CD6237 #37CDAD #3757CD

monochromatic

#6E331C #9F4A28 #CD6237 #D98868 #E5AF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#CD6237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#CD6237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6237

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6237	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)

#7F7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.147 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39170',
    500: '#cd6237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6237;
$custom-light: #e39170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61847,
    "c": 0.1475,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6237

secondary

#8FBED1

accent

#B6E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6237

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

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