#CD8440#CD8440

#CD8440 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.122 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8440
RGB	rgb(205, 132, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, 21.99, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 52.06, 65.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% 0.0592 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.122 61.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3561, 29.8550, 8.8027)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8440 #4089CD

analogous

#CD4043 #CD8440 #CDCA40

triadic

#CD8440 #40CD84 #8440CD

tetradic

#CD8440 #43CD40 #4089CD #CA40CD

square

#CD8440 #43CD40 #4089CD #CA40CD

split-complementary

#CD8440 #40CDCA #4043CD

monochromatic

#74481E #A5662B #CD8440 #DAA371 #E6C2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#CD8440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#CD8440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8440

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8440	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 132, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.122 61.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a878',
    500: '#cd8440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8440;
$custom-light: #e1a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.936,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67648,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 61.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8440

secondary

#96B5D3

accent

#97E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8440

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

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