#CD6836#CD6836

#CD6836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.143 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6836
RGB	rgb(205, 104, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.23, 36.41, 45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.23, 58.12, 51.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% 0.101 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.143 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7959, 23.1498, 6.3359)
Luminance	0.2315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6836 #369BCD

analogous

#CD364F #CD6836 #CDB436

triadic

#CD6836 #36CD68 #6836CD

tetradic

#CD6836 #4FCD36 #369BCD #B436CD

square

#CD6836 #4FCD36 #369BCD #B436CD

split-complementary

#CD6836 #36CDB4 #364FCD

monochromatic

#6D361B #9E4F27 #CD6836 #D98D67 #E5B298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#CD6836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#CD6836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6836

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6836	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E1535D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 104, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.143 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3956f',
    500: '#cd6836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6836;
$custom-light: #e3956f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.868,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62764,
    "c": 0.14297,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6836

secondary

#8EBBD1

accent

#AFE344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6836

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

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