#CD7238#CD7238

#CD7238 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.135 H 50.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7238
RGB	rgb(205, 114, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 31.27, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 56.11, 56.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% 0.0858 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.135 50.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9108, 25.3028, 6.9441)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7238 #3893CD

analogous

#CD3848 #CD7238 #CDBC38

triadic

#CD7238 #38CD72 #7238CD

tetradic

#CD7238 #48CD38 #3893CD #BC38CD

square

#CD7238 #48CD38 #3893CD #BC38CD

split-complementary

#CD7238 #38CDBC #3848CD

monochromatic

#6F3C1C #A05728 #CD7238 #D99569 #E6B79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#CD7238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#CD7238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7238

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7238	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E05F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 114, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.135 50.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29b71',
    500: '#cd7238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7238;
$custom-light: #e29b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.356,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64412,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 50.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7238

secondary

#8FB8D1

accent

#A5E345

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7238

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

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