#CD8938#CD8938

#CD8938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8938
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, 18.86, 52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 55.41, 70.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0488 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.126 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8389, 31.1591, 7.9201)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8938 #387CCD

analogous

#CD3E38 #CD8938 #C7CD38

triadic

#CD8938 #38CD89 #8938CD

tetradic

#CD8938 #38CD3E #387CCD #CD38C7

square

#CD8938 #38CD3E #387CCD #CD38C7

split-complementary

#CD8938 #38C7CD #3E38CD

monochromatic

#6F491C #A06928 #CD8938 #D9A669 #E6C39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CD8938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#CD8938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8938

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8938	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab73',
    500: '#cd8938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8938;
$custom-light: #e1ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.617,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68488,
    "c": 0.12598,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8938

secondary

#8FAED1

accent

#8DE345

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8938

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

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