Cinnamon #D26911

Cinnamon (#D26911) is a mid-tone, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 52°, lightness 0.63 and chroma 0.158. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.

Color values

HEX#D26911
RGBrgb(210, 105, 17)
HSLhsl(27, 85%, 45%)
HSVhsv(27, 92%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 50%, 92%, 18%)
CIE Lablab(55.9 36.8 60.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.634 0.158 52)

How Cinnamon behaves under real light

Under warm 2700K interior light Cinnamon shifts subtly: leans toward pink; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.

Contrast & accessibility

Against white it measures 3.64:1 and against black 5.77:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.

Palettes built from Cinnamon

Tonal

One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.

#ffdac4 · #ffa064 · #d26911 · #ac5200 · #793700 · #491e00

Analogous

The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.

#d4a849 · #d58a25 · #d26911 · #bf5235 · #a64046 · #8b334e

Shifted

The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.

#b1ac71 · #d26911 · #a75208 · #5a5300 · #582600 · #221f00

Contrast

One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.

#00beff · #d26911 · #816351 · #703c19 · #4c2100 · #270b00

Quiet Support

The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.

#e4f5fe · #b7a194 · #d26911 · #667278 · #3e291c · #000205

Bright Accent

This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.

#e8f4fb · #bfcdd4 · #91a1aa · #162b36 · #000912 · #d26911

Complementary

The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.

#d5dbb6 · #3dd2e1 · #d26911 · #99606f · #32425c · #061511

Split-complementary

The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.

#bddbbf · #879cd5 · #d26911 · #3c646e · #344158 · #120d03

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.

#d3fdee · #36bf9d · #d26911 · #7459c2 · #33176a · #000201

Tetradic

Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.

#e1fbdd · #76ba6f · #d26911 · #007aa5 · #4b0755 · #00040a

Tints, shades & muted variants

Tints

#DD8041 · #E89662 · #F3AC81 · #FCC29F · #FFDAC4

Shades

#AF5400 · #8C4200 · #6A3000 · #4B1F00 · #2D0F00

Muted

#C4723C · #B67A56 · #A7816A

Using Cinnamon

Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.

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