#CD7542#CD7542

#CD7542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.129 H 49.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7542
RGB	rgb(205, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(22, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, 30.20, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 52.06, 54.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% 0.0842 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.129 49.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5242, 26.0985, 8.4779)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7542 #429ACD

analogous

#CD4254 #CD7542 #CDBA42

triadic

#CD7542 #42CD75 #7542CD

tetradic

#CD7542 #54CD42 #429ACD #BA42CD

square

#CD7542 #54CD42 #429ACD #BA42CD

split-complementary

#CD7542 #42CDBA #4254CD

monochromatic

#763F1F #A6592C #CD7542 #DA9872 #E7BCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#CD7542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#CD7542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7542

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7542	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E06369

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.129 49.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29d78',
    500: '#cd7542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7542;
$custom-light: #e29d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.014,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65031,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 49.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7542

secondary

#97BDD3

accent

#A9E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7542

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

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