#CD6940#CD6940

#CD6940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.138 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6940
RGB	rgb(205, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 36.39, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 54.46, 48.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% 0.1027 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.138 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1566, 23.4561, 7.7362)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6940 #40A4CD

analogous

#CD405D #CD6940 #CDB040

triadic

#CD6940 #40CD69 #6940CD

tetradic

#CD6940 #5DCD40 #40A4CD #B040CD

square

#CD6940 #5DCD40 #40A4CD #B040CD

split-complementary

#CD6940 #40CDB0 #405DCD

monochromatic

#74371E #A54E2B #CD6940 #DA8F71 #E6B5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#CD6940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#CD6940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6940

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6940	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.138 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29576',
    500: '#cd6940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6940;
$custom-light: #e29576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.447,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63037,
    "c": 0.13839,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6940

secondary

#96C1D3

accent

#B4E246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6940

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

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