#CD6440#CD6440

#CD6440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.143 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6440
RGB	rgb(205, 100, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 38.96, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 55.37, 45.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% 0.1105 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.143 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6622, 22.4674, 7.5714)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6440 #40A9CD

analogous

#CD4063 #CD6440 #CDAA40

triadic

#CD6440 #40CD64 #6440CD

tetradic

#CD6440 #63CD40 #40A9CD #AA40CD

square

#CD6440 #63CD40 #40A9CD #AA40CD

split-complementary

#CD6440 #40CDAA #4063CD

monochromatic

#74341E #A54A2B #CD6440 #DA8B71 #E6B3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#CD6440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#CD6440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6440

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6440	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80743C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E04F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 100, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.143 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39276',
    500: '#cd6440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6440;
$custom-light: #e39276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62259,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6440

secondary

#96C3D3

accent

#BAE246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6440

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

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