#CD8848#CD8848

#CD8848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.116 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8848
RGB	rgb(205, 136, 72)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 20.30, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 48.81, 65.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0554 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.116 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1531, 31.0584, 10.2731)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8848 #488DCD

analogous

#CD484B #CD8848 #CDCB48

triadic

#CD8848 #48CD88 #8848CD

tetradic

#CD8848 #4BCD48 #488DCD #CB48CD

square

#CD8848 #4BCD48 #488DCD #CB48CD

split-complementary

#CD8848 #48CDCB #484BCD

monochromatic

#794C21 #A96A2E #CD8848 #DAA778 #E7C7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#CD8848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#CD8848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8848

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8848	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 136, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.116 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab7d',
    500: '#cd8848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8848;
$custom-light: #e1ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.872,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68472,
    "c": 0.11643,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8848

secondary

#9CB9D5

accent

#97E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8848

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

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