#CD6F36#CD6F36

#CD6F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.138 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6F36
RGB	rgb(205, 111, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 32.76, 46.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 57.17, 55.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% 0.0899 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.138 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5300, 24.6180, 6.5806)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6F36 #3694CD

analogous

#CD3648 #CD6F36 #CDBA36

triadic

#CD6F36 #36CD6F #6F36CD

tetradic

#CD6F36 #48CD36 #3694CD #BA36CD

square

#CD6F36 #48CD36 #3694CD #BA36CD

split-complementary

#CD6F36 #36CDBA #3648CD

monochromatic

#6D3A1B #9E5427 #CD6F36 #D99267 #E5B598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#CD6F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#CD6F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6F36

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6F36	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 111, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.138 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e39970',
    500: '#cd6f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6f36;
$custom-light: #e39970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.649,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63894,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6F36

secondary

#8EB8D1

accent

#A7E344

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6F36

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

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