#CD6A36#CD6A36

#CD6A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.141 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6A36
RGB	rgb(205, 106, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 35.37, 45.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 57.82, 52.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.08% 0.0979 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.08% 0.141 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.9996, 23.5572, 6.4038)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6A36 #3699CD

analogous

#CD364D #CD6A36 #CDB536

triadic

#CD6A36 #36CD6A #6A36CD

tetradic

#CD6A36 #4DCD36 #3699CD #B536CD

square

#CD6A36 #4DCD36 #3699CD #B536CD

split-complementary

#CD6A36 #36CDB5 #364DCD

monochromatic

#6D381B #9E5027 #CD6A36 #D98E67 #E5B398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#CD6A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#CD6A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6A36

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6A36	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0555F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 106, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.141 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39670',
    500: '#cd6a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6a36;
$custom-light: #e39670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.662,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63082,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6A36

secondary

#8EBAD1

accent

#ADE344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6A36

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

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