#CD6542#CD6542

#CD6542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.141 H 39.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6542
RGB	rgb(205, 101, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 38.56, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 54.51, 44.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.1097 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.141 39)
XYZ	xyz(30.8167, 22.6835, 7.9087)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6542 #42AACD

analogous

#CD4264 #CD6542 #CDAA42

triadic

#CD6542 #42CD65 #6542CD

tetradic

#CD6542 #64CD42 #42AACD #AA42CD

square

#CD6542 #64CD42 #42AACD #AA42CD

split-complementary

#CD6542 #42CDAA #4264CD

monochromatic

#76351F #A64B2C #CD6542 #DA8C72 #E7B4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#CD6542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#CD6542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6542

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6542	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81753E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0515D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 101, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.141 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29377',
    500: '#cd6542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6542;
$custom-light: #e29377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.108,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62438,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.2268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6542

secondary

#97C4D3

accent

#BAE146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6542

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

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