#CD8342#CD8342

#CD8342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.122 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8342
RGB	rgb(205, 131, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, 22.65, 45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 51.25, 63.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0615 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.122 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2791, 29.6083, 9.0629)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8342 #428CCD

analogous

#CD4246 #CD8342 #CDC942

triadic

#CD8342 #42CD83 #8342CD

tetradic

#CD8342 #46CD42 #428CCD #C942CD

square

#CD8342 #46CD42 #428CCD #C942CD

split-complementary

#CD8342 #42CDC9 #4246CD

monochromatic

#76481F #A6652C #CD8342 #DAA372 #E7C3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#CD8342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#CD8342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8342

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8342	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 131, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.122 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a779',
    500: '#cd8342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8342;
$custom-light: #e1a779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.058,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67488,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8342

secondary

#97B7D3

accent

#99E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8342

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

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