#CD6539#CD6539

#CD6539 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.144 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6539
RGB	rgb(205, 101, 57)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.64, 38.09, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.64, 57.56, 48.57°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.1066 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.144 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.5719, 22.5856, 6.6196)
Luminance	0.2258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6539 #39A1CD

analogous

#CD3957 #CD6539 #CDAF39

triadic

#CD6539 #39CD65 #6539CD

tetradic

#CD6539 #57CD39 #39A1CD #AF39CD

square

#CD6539 #57CD39 #39A1CD #AF39CD

split-complementary

#CD6539 #39CDAF #3957CD

monochromatic

#6F351C #A04C28 #CD6539 #D98B6A #E6B19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#CD6539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#CD6539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6539

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6539	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1505B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 101, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.144 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39371',
    500: '#cd6539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6539;
$custom-light: #e39371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6539

secondary

#90BED2

accent

#B4E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6539

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

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