#CD6C40#CD6C40

#CD6C40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.136 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6C40
RGB	rgb(205, 108, 64)
HSL	hsl(19, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 34.84, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 53.97, 49.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% 0.0979 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.136 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4676, 24.0780, 7.8399)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6C40 #40A1CD

analogous

#CD405B #CD6C40 #CDB240

triadic

#CD6C40 #40CD6C #6C40CD

tetradic

#CD6C40 #5BCD40 #40A1CD #B240CD

square

#CD6C40 #5BCD40 #40A1CD #B240CD

split-complementary

#CD6C40 #40CDB2 #405BCD

monochromatic

#74391E #A5512B #CD6C40 #DA9171 #E6B7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#CD6C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#CD6C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6C40

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6C40	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 108, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.136 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29776',
    500: '#cd6c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6c40;
$custom-light: #e29776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.723,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63516,
    "c": 0.13596,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6C40

secondary

#96C0D3

accent

#B1E246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6C40

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

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