#CD8537#CD8537

#CD8537 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.127 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8537
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 55)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, 20.99, 51.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 55.67, 67.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0549 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.127 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2566, 30.0333, 7.6066)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8537 #377FCD

analogous

#CD3A37 #CD8537 #CACD37

triadic

#CD8537 #37CD85 #8537CD

tetradic

#CD8537 #37CD3A #377FCD #CD37CA

square

#CD8537 #37CD3A #377FCD #CD37CA

split-complementary

#CD8537 #37CACD #3A37CD

monochromatic

#6E461C #9F6628 #CD8537 #D9A368 #E5C199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#CD8537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#CD8537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8537

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8537	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.127 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2a872',
    500: '#cd8537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8537;
$custom-light: #e2a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67741,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8537

secondary

#8FAFD1

accent

#91E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8537

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

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