#CD7940#CD7940

#CD7940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.127 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7940
RGB	rgb(205, 121, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(24, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, 27.94, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 52.46, 57.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% 0.077 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.127 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9423, 27.0275, 8.3315)
Luminance	0.2702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7940 #4094CD

analogous

#CD404E #CD7940 #CDBF40

triadic

#CD7940 #40CD79 #7940CD

tetradic

#CD7940 #4ECD40 #4094CD #BF40CD

square

#CD7940 #4ECD40 #4094CD #BF40CD

split-complementary

#CD7940 #40CDBF #404ECD

monochromatic

#74411E #A55C2B #CD7940 #DA9B71 #E6BDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#CD7940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#CD7940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7940

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7940	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91833A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0686C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 121, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.127 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2a077',
    500: '#cd7940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7940;
$custom-light: #e2a077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.255,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65693,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7940

secondary

#96BAD3

accent

#A3E246

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7940

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

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