#CD7242#CD7242

#CD7242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.131 H 47.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7242
RGB	rgb(205, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(21, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, 31.79, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 52.41, 52.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.089 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.131 47.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1802, 25.4106, 8.3632)
Luminance	0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7242 #429DCD

analogous

#CD4258 #CD7242 #CDB742

triadic

#CD7242 #42CD72 #7242CD

tetradic

#CD7242 #58CD42 #429DCD #B742CD

square

#CD7242 #58CD42 #429DCD #B742CD

split-complementary

#CD7242 #42CDB7 #4258CD

monochromatic

#763D1F #A6562C #CD7242 #DA9672 #E7BAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#CD7242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#CD7242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7242

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7242	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E06067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.131 47.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29b78',
    500: '#cd7242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7242;
$custom-light: #e29b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.719,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 47.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7242

secondary

#97BFD3

accent

#ACE146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7242

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

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