#CD8844#CD8844

#CD8844 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8844
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 68)
HSL	hsl(30, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 20.05, 46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 50.48, 66.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.054 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.119 63)
XYZ	xyz(35.0269, 31.0079, 9.6081)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8844 #4489CD

analogous

#CD4444 #CD8844 #CDCC44

triadic

#CD8844 #44CD88 #8844CD

tetradic

#CD8844 #44CD44 #4489CD #CC44CD

square

#CD8844 #44CD44 #4489CD #CC44CD

split-complementary

#CD8844 #44CDCC #4444CD

monochromatic

#774B20 #A7692D #CD8844 #DAA774 #E7C5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#CD8844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#CD8844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8844

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8844	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1aa7a',
    500: '#cd8844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8844;
$custom-light: #e1aa7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.781,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68425,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.31005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8844

secondary

#99B7D4

accent

#94E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8844

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

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