#CD7438#CD7438

#CD7438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.134 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7438
RGB	rgb(205, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.4%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 30.20, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 55.92, 57.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.0826 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.134 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.1388, 25.7590, 7.0201)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7438 #3891CD

analogous

#CD3846 #CD7438 #CDBE38

triadic

#CD7438 #38CD74 #7438CD

tetradic

#CD7438 #46CD38 #3891CD #BE38CD

square

#CD7438 #46CD38 #3891CD #BE38CD

split-complementary

#CD7438 #38CDBE #3846CD

monochromatic

#6F3D1C #A05828 #CD7438 #D99669 #E6B89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#CD7438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#CD7438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7438

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7438	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E06167

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.134 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29d72',
    500: '#cd7438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7438;
$custom-light: #e29d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.161,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64749,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7438

secondary

#8FB7D1

accent

#A3E345

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7438

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

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