#CD6838#CD6838

#CD6838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.142 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6838
RGB	rgb(205, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, 36.50, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 57.41, 50.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1016 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.142 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8438, 23.1690, 6.5884)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6838 #389DCD

analogous

#CD3852 #CD6838 #CDB238

triadic

#CD6838 #38CD68 #6838CD

tetradic

#CD6838 #52CD38 #389DCD #B238CD

square

#CD6838 #52CD38 #389DCD #B238CD

split-complementary

#CD6838 #38CDB2 #3852CD

monochromatic

#6F371C #A04F28 #CD6838 #D98D69 #E6B29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#CD6838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#CD6838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6838

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6838	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)

#847633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0535D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.142 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39571',
    500: '#cd6838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6838;
$custom-light: #e39571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.329,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.14222,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6838

secondary

#8FBCD1

accent

#B0E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6838

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

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