#CD7942#CD7942

#CD7942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.126 H 52.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD7942
RGB	rgb(205, 121, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(24, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, 28.06, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 51.69, 57.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% 0.0777 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.126 52)
XYZ	xyz(33.0002, 27.0506, 8.6366)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD7942 #4296CD

analogous

#CD4250 #CD7942 #CDBE42

triadic

#CD7942 #42CD79 #7942CD

tetradic

#CD7942 #50CD42 #4296CD #BE42CD

square

#CD7942 #50CD42 #4296CD #BE42CD

split-complementary

#CD7942 #42CDBE #4250CD

monochromatic

#76411F #A65C2C #CD7942 #DA9B72 #E7BEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#CD7942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#CD7942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD7942

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD7942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD7942	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91833C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E0686D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd7942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 121, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.126 52.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2a078',
    500: '#cd7942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd7942;
$custom-light: #e2a078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd7942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.741,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65716,
    "c": 0.12617,
    "h": 52
  },
  "luminance": 0.27047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD7942

secondary

#97BCD3

accent

#A4E146

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD7942

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

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