#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
RGBrgb(205, 135, 56)
HSLhsl(32, 60%, 51%)
HSVhsv(32, 73%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(62.16, 19.95, 51.61)
CIE-LCHlch(62.16, 55.33, 68.87°)
OKLaboklab(68.12% 0.052 0.1151)
OKLCHoklch(68.12% 0.126 65.7)
XYZxyz(34.5572, 30.5958, 7.8262)
Luminance0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##CD87381.002.957.127.12
#FFFFFF2.951.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1221.001.001.00
##0000007.1221.001.001.00

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

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#CD8738 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva