#CD6738#CD6738

#CD6738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.143 H 43.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6738
RGB	rgb(205, 103, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, 37.01, 44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 57.57, 49.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% 0.1032 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.143 43.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7438, 22.9689, 6.5551)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6738 #389ECD

analogous

#CD3853 #CD6738 #CDB138

triadic

#CD6738 #38CD67 #6738CD

tetradic

#CD6738 #53CD38 #389ECD #B138CD

square

#CD6738 #53CD38 #389ECD #B138CD

split-complementary

#CD6738 #38CDB1 #3853CD

monochromatic

#6F361C #A04E28 #CD6738 #D98C69 #E6B29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#CD6738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#CD6738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6738

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6738	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0525D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 103, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.143 43.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39471',
    500: '#cd6738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6738;
$custom-light: #e39471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.926,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62628,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 43.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6738

secondary

#8FBDD1

accent

#B1E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6738

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

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