#CD6438#CD6438

#CD6438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.145 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6438
RGB	rgb(205, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, 38.55, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 58.08, 48.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1079 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.145 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4507, 22.3827, 6.4574)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6438 #38A1CD

analogous

#CD3856 #CD6438 #CDAE38

triadic

#CD6438 #38CD64 #6438CD

tetradic

#CD6438 #56CD38 #38A1CD #AE38CD

square

#CD6438 #56CD38 #38A1CD #AE38CD

split-complementary

#CD6438 #38CDAE #3856CD

monochromatic

#6F341C #A04B28 #CD6438 #D98A69 #E6B09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#CD6438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#CD6438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6438

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6438	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.145 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39271',
    500: '#cd6438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6438;
$custom-light: #e39271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.718,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62163,
    "c": 0.14548,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6438

secondary

#8FBED1

accent

#B4E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6438

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

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