#CD6B38#CD6B38

#CD6B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.140 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6B38
RGB	rgb(205, 107, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 34.95, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 56.97, 52.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% 0.0969 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.14 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1512, 23.7837, 6.6909)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6B38 #389ACD

analogous

#CD384F #CD6B38 #CDB538

triadic

#CD6B38 #38CD6B #6B38CD

tetradic

#CD6B38 #4FCD38 #389ACD #B538CD

square

#CD6B38 #4FCD38 #389ACD #B538CD

split-complementary

#CD6B38 #38CDB5 #384FCD

monochromatic

#6F381C #A05128 #CD6B38 #D98F69 #E6B49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#CD6B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#CD6B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6B38

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6B38	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 107, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.140 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39771',
    500: '#cd6b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6b38;
$custom-light: #e39771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.537,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63263,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6B38

secondary

#8FBBD1

accent

#ADE345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170D08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6B38

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

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