#CD6D38#CD6D38

#CD6D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.138 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6D38
RGB	rgb(205, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, 33.90, 45.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 56.70, 53.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% 0.0937 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.138 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3621, 24.2056, 6.7612)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6D38 #3898CD

analogous

#CD384D #CD6D38 #CDB738

triadic

#CD6D38 #38CD6D #6D38CD

tetradic

#CD6D38 #4DCD38 #3898CD #B738CD

square

#CD6D38 #4DCD38 #3898CD #B738CD

split-complementary

#CD6D38 #38CDB7 #384DCD

monochromatic

#6F391C #A05328 #CD6D38 #D99169 #E6B59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#CD6D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#CD6D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6D38

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6D38	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.138 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39871',
    500: '#cd6d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6d38;
$custom-light: #e39871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.342,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63587,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6D38

secondary

#8FBAD1

accent

#ABE345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6D38

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

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