#CD6C39#CD6C39

#CD6C39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.139 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6C39
RGB	rgb(205, 108, 57)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 34.47, 44.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 56.47, 52.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.0956 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.139 46.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2807, 24.0033, 6.8559)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6C39 #399ACD

analogous

#CD3950 #CD6C39 #CDB639

triadic

#CD6C39 #39CD6C #6C39CD

tetradic

#CD6C39 #50CD39 #399ACD #B639CD

square

#CD6C39 #50CD39 #399ACD #B639CD

split-complementary

#CD6C39 #39CDB6 #3950CD

monochromatic

#6F391C #A05228 #CD6C39 #D9906A #E6B59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#CD6C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#CD6C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6C39

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6C39	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)

#877933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 108, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.139 46.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39772',
    500: '#cd6c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6c39;
$custom-light: #e39772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.676,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63435,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 46.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6C39

secondary

#90BBD2

accent

#ACE345

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6C39

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

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