#CD6D39#CD6D39

#CD6D39 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.138 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6D39
RGB	rgb(205, 109, 57)
HSL	hsl(21, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 33.95, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 56.34, 52.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.094 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.138 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3868, 24.2154, 6.8913)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6D39 #3999CD

analogous

#CD394F #CD6D39 #CDB739

triadic

#CD6D39 #39CD6D #6D39CD

tetradic

#CD6D39 #4FCD39 #3999CD #B739CD

square

#CD6D39 #4FCD39 #3999CD #B739CD

split-complementary

#CD6D39 #39CDB7 #394FCD

monochromatic

#6F391C #A05328 #CD6D39 #D9916A #E6B59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#CD6D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#CD6D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6D39

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6D39	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#887A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 109, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.138 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29872',
    500: '#cd6d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6d39;
$custom-light: #e29872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.081,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63597,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6D39

secondary

#90BBD2

accent

#ABE345

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6D39

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

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