#CD6238#CD6238

#CD6238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.147 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6238
RGB	rgb(205, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.03, 39.56, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.03, 58.43, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% 0.111 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.147 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2612, 22.0038, 6.3942)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6238 #38A3CD

analogous

#CD3858 #CD6238 #CDAC38

triadic

#CD6238 #38CD62 #6238CD

tetradic

#CD6238 #58CD38 #38A3CD #AC38CD

square

#CD6238 #58CD38 #38A3CD #AC38CD

split-complementary

#CD6238 #38CDAC #3858CD

monochromatic

#6F331C #A04A28 #CD6238 #D98969 #E6AF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#CD6238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#CD6238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6238

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6238	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)

#7F7333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.147 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39170',
    500: '#cd6238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6238;
$custom-light: #e39170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.913,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61858,
    "c": 0.14716,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6238

secondary

#8FBFD1

accent

#B6E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6238

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

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