#CD8740#CD8740

#CD8740 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.122 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CD8740
RGBrgb(205, 135, 64)
HSLhsl(30, 59%, 53%)
HSVhsv(30, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(62.24, 20.36, 47.96)
CIE-LCHlch(62.24, 52.11, 67.00°)
OKLaboklab(68.2% 0.0544 0.1088)
OKLCHoklch(68.2% 0.122 63.5)
XYZxyz(34.7688, 30.6804, 8.9403)
Luminance0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CD8740 #4086CD
analogous
#CD4140 #CD8740 #CCCD40
triadic
#CD8740 #40CD87 #8740CD
tetradic
#CD8740 #40CD41 #4086CD #CD40CC
square
#CD8740 #40CD41 #4086CD #CD40CC
split-complementary
#CD8740 #40CCCD #4140CD
monochromatic
#744A1E #A5682B #CD8740 #DAA571 #E6C4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94
#CD8740 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14
#CD8740 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8740
7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CD8740#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CD87401.002.947.147.14
#FFFFFF2.941.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1421.001.001.00
##0000007.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9D8D38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9D41
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DF7777
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cd8740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.122 63.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa78',
    500: '#cd8740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cd8740;
$custom-light: #e1aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cd8740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.213,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68197,
    "c": 0.12165,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CD8740
secondary
#96B4D3
accent
#93E246
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FDF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#161009
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

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#CD8740 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva