#CD7538#CD7538

#CD7538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.133 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7538
RGB	rgb(205, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(25, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, 29.67, 47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 55.83, 57.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.92% 0.0809 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(64.92% 0.133 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2547, 25.9907, 7.0587)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7538 #3890CD

analogous

#CD3845 #CD7538 #CDBF38

triadic

#CD7538 #38CD75 #7538CD

tetradic

#CD7538 #45CD38 #3890CD #BF38CD

square

#CD7538 #45CD38 #3890CD #BF38CD

split-complementary

#CD7538 #38CDBF #3845CD

monochromatic

#6F3E1C #A05928 #CD7538 #D99769 #E6B99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#CD7538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#CD7538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7538

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7538	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E06368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.133 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29d72',
    500: '#cd7538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7538;
$custom-light: #e29d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.564,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64919,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7538

secondary

#8FB6D1

accent

#A2E345

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#170E08

muted

#857E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7538

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

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