#CD8042#CD8042

#CD8042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.123 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8042
RGB	rgb(205, 128, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, 24.28, 45.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 51.31, 61.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% 0.0663 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.123 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8820, 28.8141, 8.9305)
Luminance	0.2881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8042 #428FCD

analogous

#CD4249 #CD8042 #CDC642

triadic

#CD8042 #42CD80 #8042CD

tetradic

#CD8042 #49CD42 #428FCD #C642CD

square

#CD8042 #49CD42 #428FCD #C642CD

split-complementary

#CD8042 #42CDC6 #4249CD

monochromatic

#76461F #A6622C #CD8042 #DAA172 #E7C1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#CD8042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#CD8042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8042

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8042	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)

#97883C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 128, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.123 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a579',
    500: '#cd8042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8042;
$custom-light: #e1a579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.763,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66948,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8042

secondary

#97B9D3

accent

#9CE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8042

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

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