#CD8742#CD8742

#CD8742 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.120 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8742
RGB	rgb(205, 135, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 20.48, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 51.28, 66.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.055 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.12 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8267, 30.7036, 9.2454)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8742 #4288CD

analogous

#CD4242 #CD8742 #CDCC42

triadic

#CD8742 #42CD87 #8742CD

tetradic

#CD8742 #42CD42 #4288CD #CC42CD

square

#CD8742 #42CD42 #4288CD #CC42CD

split-complementary

#CD8742 #42CDCC #4242CD

monochromatic

#764A1F #A6682C #CD8742 #DAA672 #E7C4A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#CD8742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#CD8742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8742

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8742	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 135, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.120 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa79',
    500: '#cd8742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8742;
$custom-light: #e1aa79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.784,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68218,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8742

secondary

#97B6D3

accent

#94E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8742

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

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