#CD6842#CD6842

#CD6842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.138 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6842
RGB	rgb(205, 104, 66)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.36, 37.02, 39.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.36, 53.94, 46.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% 0.1049 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.138 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.1133, 23.2768, 8.0076)
Luminance	0.2327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6842 #42A7CD

analogous

#CD4261 #CD6842 #CDAD42

triadic

#CD6842 #42CD68 #6842CD

tetradic

#CD6842 #61CD42 #42A7CD #AD42CD

square

#CD6842 #61CD42 #42A7CD #AD42CD

split-complementary

#CD6842 #42CDAD #4261CD

monochromatic

#76371F #A64D2C #CD6842 #DA8F72 #E7B5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#CD6842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#CD6842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6842

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6842	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 104, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.138 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29578',
    500: '#cd6842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6842;
$custom-light: #e29578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.403,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62905,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6842

secondary

#97C3D3

accent

#B7E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6842

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

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