#CD8040#CD8040

#CD8040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 58.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8040
RGB	rgb(205, 128, 64)
HSL	hsl(27, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 24.16, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 52.11, 62.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0657 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.124 58)
XYZ	xyz(33.8240, 28.7909, 8.6254)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8040 #408DCD

analogous

#CD4046 #CD8040 #CDC640

triadic

#CD8040 #40CD80 #8040CD

tetradic

#CD8040 #46CD40 #408DCD #C640CD

square

#CD8040 #46CD40 #408DCD #C640CD

split-complementary

#CD8040 #40CDC6 #4046CD

monochromatic

#74451E #A5622B #CD8040 #DAA071 #E6C1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#CD8040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#CD8040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8040

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8040	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 128, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 58.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a577',
    500: '#cd8040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8040;
$custom-light: #e1a577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.234,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66926,
    "c": 0.12385,
    "h": 58
  },
  "luminance": 0.28788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8040

secondary

#96B7D3

accent

#9BE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8040

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

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