#CD8538#CD8538

#CD8538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.127 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8538
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 21.03, 51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 55.28, 67.63°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.0552 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.127 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2808, 30.0429, 7.7341)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8538 #3880CD

analogous

#CD3A38 #CD8538 #CACD38

triadic

#CD8538 #38CD85 #8538CD

tetradic

#CD8538 #38CD3A #3880CD #CD38CA

square

#CD8538 #38CD3A #3880CD #CD38CA

split-complementary

#CD8538 #38CACD #3A38CD

monochromatic

#6F471C #A06628 #CD8538 #D9A369 #E6C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#CD8538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#CD8538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8538

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8538	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)

#9C8B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.127 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2a873',
    500: '#cd8538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8538;
$custom-light: #e2a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.007,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6775,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8538

secondary

#8FAFD1

accent

#91E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8538

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

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