#CD7138#CD7138

#CD7138 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.136 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7138
RGB	rgb(205, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, 31.79, 46.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 56.22, 55.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0874 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.136 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7986, 25.0785, 6.9067)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7138 #3894CD

analogous

#CD3849 #CD7138 #CDBB38

triadic

#CD7138 #38CD71 #7138CD

tetradic

#CD7138 #49CD38 #3894CD #BB38CD

square

#CD7138 #49CD38 #3894CD #BB38CD

split-complementary

#CD7138 #38CDBB #3849CD

monochromatic

#6F3C1C #A05628 #CD7138 #D99469 #E6B79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#CD7138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#CD7138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7138

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7138	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.136 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29b71',
    500: '#cd7138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7138;
$custom-light: #e29b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.953,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64245,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7138

secondary

#8FB8D1

accent

#A6E345

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7138

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

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