#CD6C42#CD6C42

#CD6C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.135 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6C42
RGB	rgb(205, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, 34.95, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 53.26, 48.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% 0.0986 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.135 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.5255, 24.1012, 8.1450)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6C42 #42A3CD

analogous

#CD425E #CD6C42 #CDB142

triadic

#CD6C42 #42CD6C #6C42CD

tetradic

#CD6C42 #5ECD42 #42A3CD #B142CD

square

#CD6C42 #5ECD42 #42A3CD #B142CD

split-complementary

#CD6C42 #42CDB1 #425ECD

monochromatic

#76391F #A6512C #CD6C42 #DA9272 #E7B7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#CD6C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#CD6C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6C42

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6C42	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.135 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29778',
    500: '#cd6c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6c42;
$custom-light: #e29778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.129,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63541,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6C42

secondary

#97C1D3

accent

#B3E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E09

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6C42

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

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