#CD8738#CD8738

#CD8738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 65.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8738
RGB	rgb(205, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 19.95, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 55.33, 68.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.052 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.126 65.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5572, 30.5958, 7.8262)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8738 #387ECD

analogous

#CD3C38 #CD8738 #C8CD38

triadic

#CD8738 #38CD87 #8738CD

tetradic

#CD8738 #38CD3C #387ECD #CD38C8

square

#CD8738 #38CD3C #387ECD #CD38C8

split-complementary

#CD8738 #38C8CD #3C38CD

monochromatic

#6F481C #A06828 #CD8738 #D9A469 #E6C29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#CD8738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#CD8738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8738

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8738	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 65.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa73',
    500: '#cd8738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8738;
$custom-light: #e1aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.812,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68118,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 65.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8738

secondary

#8FAED1

accent

#8FE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8738

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

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