#CD7842#CD7842

#CD7842 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.127 H 51.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7842
RGB	rgb(205, 120, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(23, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.5%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 28.59, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 51.77, 56.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% 0.0793 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.127 51.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8793, 26.8088, 8.5963)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7842 #4297CD

analogous

#CD4251 #CD7842 #CDBD42

triadic

#CD7842 #42CD78 #7842CD

tetradic

#CD7842 #51CD42 #4297CD #BD42CD

square

#CD7842 #51CD42 #4297CD #BD42CD

split-complementary

#CD7842 #42CDBD #4251CD

monochromatic

#76411F #A65B2C #CD7842 #DA9B72 #E7BDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#CD7842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#CD7842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7842

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7842	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 120, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.127 51.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e29f78',
    500: '#cd7842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7842;
$custom-light: #e29f78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.309,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65543,
    "c": 0.12674,
    "h": 51.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7842

secondary

#97BCD3

accent

#A5E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7842

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

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