#CD8941#CD8941

#CD8941 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8941
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 65)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, 19.33, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 51.76, 68.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0515 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.121 64.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0791, 31.2552, 9.1854)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8941 #4185CD

analogous

#CD4341 #CD8941 #CBCD41

triadic

#CD8941 #41CD89 #8941CD

tetradic

#CD8941 #41CD43 #4185CD #CD41CB

square

#CD8941 #41CD43 #4185CD #CD41CB

split-complementary

#CD8941 #41CBCD #4341CD

monochromatic

#754B1F #A56A2C #CD8941 #DAA771 #E6C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CD8941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#CD8941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8941

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8941	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7979

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 64.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab79',
    500: '#cd8941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8941;
$custom-light: #e1ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68577,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 64.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8941

secondary

#97B4D3

accent

#92E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8941

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

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