#CD6E38#CD6E38

#CD6E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.138 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6E38
RGB	rgb(205, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, 33.38, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 56.57, 53.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% 0.0921 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.138 48)
XYZ	xyz(31.4694, 24.4201, 6.7969)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6E38 #3897CD

analogous

#CD384C #CD6E38 #CDB838

triadic

#CD6E38 #38CD6E #6E38CD

tetradic

#CD6E38 #4CCD38 #3897CD #B838CD

square

#CD6E38 #4CCD38 #3897CD #B838CD

split-complementary

#CD6E38 #38CDB8 #384CCD

monochromatic

#6F3A1C #A05328 #CD6E38 #D99269 #E6B59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#CD6E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#CD6E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6E38

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6E38	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)

#897B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.138 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39971',
    500: '#cd6e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6e38;
$custom-light: #e39971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.745,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6375,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.24417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6E38

secondary

#8FB9D1

accent

#AAE345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6E38

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

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