#CD8242#CD8242

#CD8242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.122 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8242
RGB	rgb(205, 130, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, 23.19, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 51.27, 63.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% 0.0631 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.122 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1454, 29.3410, 9.0183)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8242 #428DCD

analogous

#CD4247 #CD8242 #CDC742

triadic

#CD8242 #42CD82 #8242CD

tetradic

#CD8242 #47CD42 #428DCD #C742CD

square

#CD8242 #47CD42 #428DCD #C742CD

split-complementary

#CD8242 #42CDC7 #4247CD

monochromatic

#76471F #A6642C #CD8242 #DAA272 #E7C2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#CD8242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#CD8242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8242

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8242	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99893B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 130, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.122 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a679',
    500: '#cd8242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8242;
$custom-light: #e1a679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.626,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67307,
    "c": 0.12195,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8242

secondary

#97B8D3

accent

#9AE146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8242

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →