#CD642E#CD642E

#CD642E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.149 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD642E
RGB	rgb(205, 100, 46)
HSL	hsl(20, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 38.12, 48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 61.51, 51.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.1049 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.149 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2301, 22.2945, 5.2956)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD642E #2E97CD

analogous

#CD2E48 #CD642E #CDB42E

triadic

#CD642E #2ECD64 #642ECD

tetradic

#CD642E #48CD2E #2E97CD #B42ECD

square

#CD642E #48CD2E #2E97CD #B42ECD

split-complementary

#CD642E #2ECDB4 #2E48CD

monochromatic

#693318 #9B4C23 #CD642E #DB885D #E6AD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#CD642E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#CD642E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD642E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD642E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD642E	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14D59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd642e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 100, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.149 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3926a',
    500: '#cd642e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd642e;
$custom-light: #e3926a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd642e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.377,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62063,
    "c": 0.14888,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD642E

secondary

#86B7D0

accent

#AEE641

background

#FFF9F6

surface

#FEF1EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD642E

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

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