#CD8638#CD8638

#CD8638 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.127 H 64.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8638
RGB	rgb(205, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(31, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 20.49, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 55.30, 68.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% 0.0536 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.127 64.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4184, 30.3181, 7.7799)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8638 #387FCD

analogous

#CD3B38 #CD8638 #CACD38

triadic

#CD8638 #38CD86 #8638CD

tetradic

#CD8638 #38CD3B #387FCD #CD38CA

square

#CD8638 #38CD3B #387FCD #CD38CA

split-complementary

#CD8638 #38CACD #3B38CD

monochromatic

#6F471C #A06728 #CD8638 #D9A469 #E6C19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#CD8638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#CD8638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8638

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8638	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.127 64.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a973',
    500: '#cd8638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8638;
$custom-light: #e1a973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.409,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67934,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 64.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8638

secondary

#8FAFD1

accent

#90E345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8638

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

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