#CD6338#CD6338

#CD6338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.146 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6338
RGB	rgb(205, 99, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 39.05, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 58.25, 47.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.1094 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.146 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3554, 22.1921, 6.4256)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6338 #38A2CD

analogous

#CD3857 #CD6338 #CDAD38

triadic

#CD6338 #38CD63 #6338CD

tetradic

#CD6338 #57CD38 #38A2CD #AD38CD

square

#CD6338 #57CD38 #38A2CD #AD38CD

split-complementary

#CD6338 #38CDAD #3857CD

monochromatic

#6F341C #A04B28 #CD6338 #D98969 #E6B09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#CD6338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#CD6338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6338

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6338	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14D5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 99, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.146 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39171',
    500: '#cd6338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6338;
$custom-light: #e39171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.315,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6201,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6338

secondary

#8FBED1

accent

#B5E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6338

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

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