#CD6938#CD6938

#CD6938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.141 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6938
RGB	rgb(205, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.45, 35.98, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.45, 57.26, 51.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.1 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.141 45)
XYZ	xyz(30.9451, 23.3715, 6.6222)
Luminance	0.2337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6938 #389CCD

analogous

#CD3851 #CD6938 #CDB438

triadic

#CD6938 #38CD69 #6938CD

tetradic

#CD6938 #51CD38 #389CCD #B438CD

square

#CD6938 #51CD38 #389CCD #B438CD

split-complementary

#CD6938 #38CDB4 #3851CD

monochromatic

#6F371C #A04F28 #CD6938 #D98E69 #E6B39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#CD6938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#CD6938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6938

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6938	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0545E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.141 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39571',
    500: '#cd6938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6938;
$custom-light: #e39571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.732,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62943,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.23368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6938

secondary

#8FBCD1

accent

#AFE345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6938

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

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