#CD872C#CD872C

#CD872C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.132 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD872C
RGB	rgb(205, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(34, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 19.43, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 59.85, 71.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0489 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.132 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2981, 30.4922, 6.4616)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD872C #2C72CD

analogous

#CD372C #CD872C #C3CD2C

triadic

#CD872C #2CCD87 #872CCD

tetradic

#CD872C #2CCD37 #2C72CD #CD2CC3

square

#CD872C #2CCD37 #2C72CD #CD2CC3

split-complementary

#CD872C #2CC3CD #372CCD

monochromatic

#684516 #9B6621 #CD872C #DCA45B #E7C08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#CD872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#CD872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD872C

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD872C	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.132 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2aa6c',
    500: '#cd872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd872c;
$custom-light: #e2aa6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.913,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68021,
    "c": 0.13248,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD872C

secondary

#84A5D1

accent

#89E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#171007

muted

#857F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD872C

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

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