#CD6C38#CD6C38

#CD6C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.139 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6C38
RGB	rgb(205, 108, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 34.42, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 56.83, 52.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.0953 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.139 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2560, 23.9934, 6.7258)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6C38 #3899CD

analogous

#CD384E #CD6C38 #CDB638

triadic

#CD6C38 #38CD6C #6C38CD

tetradic

#CD6C38 #4ECD38 #3899CD #B638CD

square

#CD6C38 #4ECD38 #3899CD #B638CD

split-complementary

#CD6C38 #38CDB6 #384ECD

monochromatic

#6F391C #A05228 #CD6C38 #D99069 #E6B49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#CD6C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#CD6C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6C38

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6C38	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.139 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39771',
    500: '#cd6c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6c38;
$custom-light: #e39771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.94,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63424,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6C38

secondary

#8FBAD1

accent

#ACE345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6C38

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

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