#CD6A42#CD6A42

#CD6A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.137 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6A42
RGB	rgb(205, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, 35.99, 39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 53.59, 47.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.1018 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.137 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3170, 23.6842, 8.0755)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6A42 #42A5CD

analogous

#CD425F #CD6A42 #CDAF42

triadic

#CD6A42 #42CD6A #6A42CD

tetradic

#CD6A42 #5FCD42 #42A5CD #AF42CD

square

#CD6A42 #5FCD42 #42A5CD #AF42CD

split-complementary

#CD6A42 #42CDAF #425FCD

monochromatic

#76381F #A64F2C #CD6A42 #DA9072 #E7B6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#CD6A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#CD6A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6A42

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6A42	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.137 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29678',
    500: '#cd6a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6a42;
$custom-light: #e29678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.266,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63221,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6A42

secondary

#97C2D3

accent

#B5E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6A42

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

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