#CD6740#CD6740

#CD6740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.140 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6740
RGB	rgb(205, 103, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.13, 37.42, 40.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.13, 54.81, 46.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.1058 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.14 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9553, 23.0535, 7.6691)
Luminance	0.2305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6740 #40A6CD

analogous

#CD405F #CD6740 #CDAE40

triadic

#CD6740 #40CD67 #6740CD

tetradic

#CD6740 #5FCD40 #40A6CD #AE40CD

square

#CD6740 #5FCD40 #40A6CD #AE40CD

split-complementary

#CD6740 #40CDAE #405FCD

monochromatic

#74361E #A54D2B #CD6740 #DA8E71 #E6B4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#CD6740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#CD6740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6740

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6740	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83763C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0535E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 103, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.140 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29476',
    500: '#cd6740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6740;
$custom-light: #e29476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 103,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.596,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62723,
    "c": 0.14008,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6740

secondary

#96C2D3

accent

#B7E246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6740

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

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