#CD8517#CD8517

#CD8517 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.141 H 70.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8517
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(36, 80%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 88.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, 19.92, 63.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 66.09, 72.46°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.0482 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.141 70)
XYZ	xyz(33.7218, 29.8194, 4.7902)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8517 #175FCD

analogous

#CD2A17 #CD8517 #BACD17

triadic

#CD8517 #17CD85 #8517CD

tetradic

#CD8517 #17CD2A #175FCD #CD17BA

square

#CD8517 #17CD2A #175FCD #CD17BA

split-complementary

#CD8517 #17BACD #2A17CD

monochromatic

#5F3E0B #966111 #CD8517 #E9A338 #EFBD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#CD8517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#CD8517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8517

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8517	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B1B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.141 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e3a862',
    500: '#cd8517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8517;
$custom-light: #e3a862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.264,
    "s": 79.825,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67539,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.29816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8517

secondary

#6B95D5

accent

#7FF632

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#170F06

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8517

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

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