#CD8942#CD8942

#CD8942 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.120 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8942
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(31, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 19.39, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 51.34, 67.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0518 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.12 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1084, 31.2669, 9.3393)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8942 #4286CD

analogous

#CD4342 #CD8942 #CCCD42

triadic

#CD8942 #42CD89 #8942CD

tetradic

#CD8942 #42CD43 #4286CD #CD42CC

square

#CD8942 #42CD43 #4286CD #CD42CC

split-complementary

#CD8942 #42CCCD #4342CD

monochromatic

#764B1F #A66A2C #CD8942 #DAA772 #E7C5A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#CD8942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#CD8942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8942

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8942	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)

#9F8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7A79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.120 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab79',
    500: '#cd8942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8942;
$custom-light: #e1ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.647,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68588,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8942

secondary

#97B5D3

accent

#92E146

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#161009

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8942

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

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