#CD6540#CD6540

#CD6540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.142 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6540
RGB	rgb(205, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.72, 38.45, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.72, 55.17, 45.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% 0.109 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.142 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7587, 22.6604, 7.6036)
Luminance	0.2266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6540 #40A8CD

analogous

#CD4061 #CD6540 #CDAC40

triadic

#CD6540 #40CD65 #6540CD

tetradic

#CD6540 #61CD40 #40A8CD #AC40CD

square

#CD6540 #61CD40 #40A8CD #AC40CD

split-complementary

#CD6540 #40CDAC #4061CD

monochromatic

#74351E #A54B2B #CD6540 #DA8C71 #E6B3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#CD6540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#CD6540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6540

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6540	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0505D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.142 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39376',
    500: '#cd6540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6540;
$custom-light: #e39376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.745,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62412,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6540

secondary

#96C3D3

accent

#B9E246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6540

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

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