#CD8540#CD8540

#CD8540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.122 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8540
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, 21.45, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 52.07, 65.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0576 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.122 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4923, 30.1276, 8.8481)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8540 #4088CD

analogous

#CD4041 #CD8540 #CDCC40

triadic

#CD8540 #40CD85 #8540CD

tetradic

#CD8540 #41CD40 #4088CD #CC40CD

square

#CD8540 #41CD40 #4088CD #CC40CD

split-complementary

#CD8540 #40CDCC #4041CD

monochromatic

#74481E #A5672B #CD8540 #DAA471 #E6C3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#CD8540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#CD8540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8540

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8540	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.122 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a878',
    500: '#cd8540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8540;
$custom-light: #e1a878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.362,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6783,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8540

secondary

#96B5D3

accent

#96E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8540

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

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