#CD842C#CD842C

#CD842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.133 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD842C
RGB	rgb(205, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(33, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, 21.06, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 59.77, 69.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% 0.0537 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.133 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8855, 29.6668, 6.3241)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD842C #2C75CD

analogous

#CD342C #CD842C #C6CD2C

triadic

#CD842C #2CCD84 #842CCD

tetradic

#CD842C #2CCD34 #2C75CD #CD2CC6

square

#CD842C #2CCD34 #2C75CD #CD2CC6

split-complementary

#CD842C #2CC6CD #342CCD

monochromatic

#684316 #9B6421 #CD842C #DCA15B #E7BE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#CD842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#CD842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD842C

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD842C	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07373

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.133 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2a86c',
    500: '#cd842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd842c;
$custom-light: #e2a86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.795,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67469,
    "c": 0.133,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD842C

secondary

#84A7D1

accent

#8CE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#170F07

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD842C

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

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