#CD6538#CD6538

#CD6538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.145 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6538
RGB	rgb(205, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, 38.04, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 57.90, 48.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1063 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.145 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5472, 22.5758, 6.4895)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6538 #38A0CD

analogous

#CD3855 #CD6538 #CDAF38

triadic

#CD6538 #38CD65 #6538CD

tetradic

#CD6538 #55CD38 #38A0CD #AF38CD

square

#CD6538 #55CD38 #38A0CD #AF38CD

split-complementary

#CD6538 #38CDAF #3855CD

monochromatic

#6F351C #A04C28 #CD6538 #D98B69 #E6B19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#CD6538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#CD6538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6538

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6538	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E14F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.145 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39371',
    500: '#cd6538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6538;
$custom-light: #e39371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.121,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62317,
    "c": 0.14464,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6538

secondary

#8FBDD1

accent

#B3E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6538

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

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