#CD7240#CD7240

#CD7240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.132 H 47.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7240
RGB	rgb(205, 114, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, 31.68, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 53.14, 53.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.0883 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.132 47.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1223, 25.3874, 8.0581)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7240 #409BCD

analogous

#CD4054 #CD7240 #CDB940

triadic

#CD7240 #40CD72 #7240CD

tetradic

#CD7240 #54CD40 #409BCD #B940CD

square

#CD7240 #54CD40 #409BCD #B940CD

split-complementary

#CD7240 #40CDB9 #4054CD

monochromatic

#743D1E #A5562B #CD7240 #DA9671 #E6BAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#CD7240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#CD7240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7240

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7240	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1923F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E06067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 114, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.132 47.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29b77',
    500: '#cd7240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7240;
$custom-light: #e29b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.277,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64501,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 47.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7240

secondary

#96BDD3

accent

#ABE246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7240

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

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