#CD6C36#CD6C36

#CD6C36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.140 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6C36
RGB	rgb(205, 108, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, 34.33, 46.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 57.55, 53.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% 0.0947 0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.14 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2081, 23.9742, 6.4733)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6C36 #3697CD

analogous

#CD364B #CD6C36 #CDB736

triadic

#CD6C36 #36CD6C #6C36CD

tetradic

#CD6C36 #4BCD36 #3697CD #B736CD

square

#CD6C36 #4BCD36 #3697CD #B736CD

split-complementary

#CD6C36 #36CDB7 #364BCD

monochromatic

#6D391B #9E5227 #CD6C36 #D99067 #E5B498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#CD6C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#CD6C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6C36

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6C36	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 108, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.140 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39770',
    500: '#cd6c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6c36;
$custom-light: #e39770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.457,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63403,
    "c": 0.13999,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6C36

secondary

#8EB9D1

accent

#ABE344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6C36

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

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