#CD6E36#CD6E36

#CD6E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.139 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6E36
RGB	rgb(205, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, 33.28, 46.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 57.29, 54.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.73% 0.0915 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(63.73% 0.139 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.4215, 24.4010, 6.5445)
Luminance	0.2440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6E36 #3695CD

analogous

#CD3649 #CD6E36 #CDBA36

triadic

#CD6E36 #36CD6E #6E36CD

tetradic

#CD6E36 #49CD36 #3695CD #BA36CD

square

#CD6E36 #49CD36 #3695CD #BA36CD

split-complementary

#CD6E36 #36CDBA #3649CD

monochromatic

#6D3A1B #9E5427 #CD6E36 #D99167 #E5B598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#CD6E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#CD6E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6E36

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6E36	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.139 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39970',
    500: '#cd6e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6e36;
$custom-light: #e39970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.252,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63729,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6E36

secondary

#8EB8D1

accent

#A8E344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6E36

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

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