#CD8835#CD8835

#CD8835 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8835
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 53)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.38, 19.26, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.38, 56.54, 70.08°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% 0.0495 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.128 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6262, 30.8477, 7.4981)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8835 #357ACD

analogous

#CD3C35 #CD8835 #C6CD35

triadic

#CD8835 #35CD88 #8835CD

tetradic

#CD8835 #35CD3C #357ACD #CD35C6

square

#CD8835 #35CD3C #357ACD #CD35C6

split-complementary

#CD8835 #35C6CD #3C35CD

monochromatic

#6D481B #9E6827 #CD8835 #D9A566 #E5C297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD8835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CD8835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8835

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8835	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2aa71',
    500: '#cd8835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8835;
$custom-light: #e2aa71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.763,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68276,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8835

secondary

#8DACD1

accent

#8DE344

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8835

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

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