#CD8837#CD8837

#CD8837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8837
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(32, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.39, 19.35, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.39, 55.76, 69.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.0501 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.127 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6732, 30.8665, 7.7454)
Luminance	0.3086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8837 #377CCD

analogous

#CD3D37 #CD8837 #C7CD37

triadic

#CD8837 #37CD88 #8837CD

tetradic

#CD8837 #37CD3D #377CCD #CD37C7

square

#CD8837 #37CD3D #377CCD #CD37C7

split-complementary

#CD8837 #37C7CD #3D37CD

monochromatic

#6E481C #9F6828 #CD8837 #D9A568 #E5C299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#CD8837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#CD8837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8837

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8837	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)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa72',
    500: '#cd8837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8837;
$custom-light: #e1aa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68294,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8837

secondary

#8FADD1

accent

#8EE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8837

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

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