#CD8840#CD8840

#CD8840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8840
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, 19.82, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 52.14, 67.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% 0.0528 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.121 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9089, 30.9608, 8.9870)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8840 #4085CD

analogous

#CD4140 #CD8840 #CCCD40

triadic

#CD8840 #40CD88 #8840CD

tetradic

#CD8840 #40CD41 #4085CD #CD40CC

square

#CD8840 #40CD41 #4085CD #CD40CC

split-complementary

#CD8840 #40CCCD #4140CD

monochromatic

#744A1E #A5692B #CD8840 #DAA671 #E6C4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CD8840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#CD8840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8840

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8840	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7878

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa78',
    500: '#cd8840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8840;
$custom-light: #e1aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.638,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68381,
    "c": 0.12144,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8840

secondary

#96B4D3

accent

#92E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8840

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

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