#CD6A40#CD6A40

#CD6A40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.138 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6A40
RGB	rgb(205, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 35.88, 40.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 54.29, 48.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% 0.1011 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.138 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2591, 23.6610, 7.7704)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6A40 #40A3CD

analogous

#CD405D #CD6A40 #CDB040

triadic

#CD6A40 #40CD6A #6A40CD

tetradic

#CD6A40 #5DCD40 #40A3CD #B040CD

square

#CD6A40 #5DCD40 #40A3CD #B040CD

split-complementary

#CD6A40 #40CDB0 #405DCD

monochromatic

#74381E #A54F2B #CD6A40 #DA9071 #E6B6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#CD6A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#CD6A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6A40

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6A40	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.138 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29676',
    500: '#cd6a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6a40;
$custom-light: #e29676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.872,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63196,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6A40

secondary

#96C1D3

accent

#B3E246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6A40

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

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