#CD8542#CD8542

#CD8542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.121 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8542
RGB	rgb(205, 133, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, 21.56, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 51.25, 65.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0582 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.121 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5503, 30.1507, 9.1533)
Luminance	0.3015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8542 #428ACD

analogous

#CD4244 #CD8542 #CDCB42

triadic

#CD8542 #42CD85 #8542CD

tetradic

#CD8542 #44CD42 #428ACD #CB42CD

square

#CD8542 #44CD42 #428ACD #CB42CD

split-complementary

#CD8542 #42CDCB #4244CD

monochromatic

#76491F #A6672C #CD8542 #DAA472 #E7C3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#CD8542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#CD8542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8542

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8542	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 133, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.121 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a879',
    500: '#cd8542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8542;
$custom-light: #e1a879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.921,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67852,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8542

secondary

#97B6D3

accent

#97E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8542

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

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