#CD6942#CD6942

#CD6942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.138 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6942
RGB	rgb(205, 105, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, 36.51, 39.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 53.77, 47.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.1034 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.138 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2145, 23.4793, 8.0414)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6942 #42A6CD

analogous

#CD4260 #CD6942 #CDAF42

triadic

#CD6942 #42CD69 #6942CD

tetradic

#CD6942 #60CD42 #42A6CD #AF42CD

square

#CD6942 #60CD42 #42A6CD #AF42CD

split-complementary

#CD6942 #42CDAF #4260CD

monochromatic

#76371F #A64E2C #CD6942 #DA8F72 #E7B6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#CD6942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#CD6942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6942

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6942	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 105, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.138 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29578',
    500: '#cd6942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6942;
$custom-light: #e29578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.835,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63062,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6942

secondary

#97C3D3

accent

#B6E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6942

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

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