#CD6F38#CD6F38

#CD6F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.137 H 48.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD6F38
RGB	rgb(205, 111, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, 32.85, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 56.45, 54.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0905 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.137 48.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5779, 24.6371, 6.8331)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD6F38 #3896CD

analogous

#CD384B #CD6F38 #CDB938

triadic

#CD6F38 #38CD6F #6F38CD

tetradic

#CD6F38 #4BCD38 #3896CD #B938CD

square

#CD6F38 #4BCD38 #3896CD #B938CD

split-complementary

#CD6F38 #38CDB9 #384BCD

monochromatic

#6F3A1C #A05428 #CD6F38 #D99269 #E6B69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#CD6F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#CD6F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD6F38

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD6F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD6F38	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd6f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 111, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.137 48.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29971',
    500: '#cd6f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd6f38;
$custom-light: #e29971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd6f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.148,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.13707,
    "h": 48.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD6F38

secondary

#8FB9D1

accent

#A9E345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD6F38

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

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