#CD6437#CD6437

#CD6437 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.146 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6437
RGB	rgb(205, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, 38.50, 43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 58.42, 48.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% 0.1075 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.146 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.4265, 22.3731, 6.3299)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6437 #37A0CD

analogous

#CD3755 #CD6437 #CDAF37

triadic

#CD6437 #37CD64 #6437CD

tetradic

#CD6437 #55CD37 #37A0CD #AF37CD

square

#CD6437 #55CD37 #37A0CD #AF37CD

split-complementary

#CD6437 #37CDAF #3755CD

monochromatic

#6E341C #9F4C28 #CD6437 #D98A68 #E5B099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#CD6437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#CD6437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6437

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6437	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.146 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39270',
    500: '#cd6437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6437;
$custom-light: #e39270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62152,
    "c": 0.14582,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6437

secondary

#8FBDD1

accent

#B4E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6437

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

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