#CD8442#CD8442

#CD8442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.121 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8442
RGB	rgb(205, 132, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, 22.11, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 51.25, 64.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% 0.0599 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.121 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.4140, 29.8782, 9.1078)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8442 #428BCD

analogous

#CD4245 #CD8442 #CDC942

triadic

#CD8442 #42CD84 #8442CD

tetradic

#CD8442 #45CD42 #428BCD #C942CD

square

#CD8442 #45CD42 #428BCD #C942CD

split-complementary

#CD8442 #42CDC9 #4245CD

monochromatic

#76481F #A6662C #CD8442 #DAA372 #E7C3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#CD8442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#CD8442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8442

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8442	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 132, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.121 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a879',
    500: '#cd8442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8442;
$custom-light: #e1a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.489,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6767,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8442

secondary

#97B7D3

accent

#98E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8442

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

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