#CD8642#CD8642

#CD8642 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.121 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8642
RGB	rgb(205, 134, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, 21.02, 46.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 51.27, 65.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% 0.0566 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.121 62)
XYZ	xyz(34.6878, 30.4259, 9.1991)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8642 #4289CD

analogous

#CD4243 #CD8642 #CDCC42

triadic

#CD8642 #42CD86 #8642CD

tetradic

#CD8642 #43CD42 #4289CD #CC42CD

square

#CD8642 #43CD42 #4289CD #CC42CD

split-complementary

#CD8642 #42CDCC #4243CD

monochromatic

#76491F #A6682C #CD8642 #DAA572 #E7C4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CD8642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#CD8642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8642

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8642	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 134, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.121 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1a979',
    500: '#cd8642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8642;
$custom-light: #e1a979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.353,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68035,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.30423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8642

secondary

#97B6D3

accent

#96E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8642

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

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