#CD6B42#CD6B42

#CD6B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.136 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6B42
RGB	rgb(205, 107, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, 35.47, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 53.43, 48.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.1002 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.136 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4207, 23.8915, 8.1101)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6B42 #42A4CD

analogous

#CD425E #CD6B42 #CDB042

triadic

#CD6B42 #42CD6B #6B42CD

tetradic

#CD6B42 #5ECD42 #42A4CD #B042CD

square

#CD6B42 #5ECD42 #42A4CD #B042CD

split-complementary

#CD6B42 #42CDB0 #425ECD

monochromatic

#76391F #A6502C #CD6B42 #DA9172 #E7B7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#CD6B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#CD6B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6B42

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6B42	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 107, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.136 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29778',
    500: '#cd6b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6b42;
$custom-light: #e29778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63381,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6B42

secondary

#97C2D3

accent

#B4E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170D09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6B42

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

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