#CD8948#CD8948

#CD8948 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.116 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8948
RGB	rgb(205, 137, 72)
HSL	hsl(29, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.2%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 19.75, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 48.84, 66.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0537 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.116 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2946, 31.3414, 10.3203)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8948 #488CCD

analogous

#CD484A #CD8948 #CDCC48

triadic

#CD8948 #48CD89 #8948CD

tetradic

#CD8948 #4ACD48 #488CCD #CC48CD

square

#CD8948 #4ACD48 #488CCD #CC48CD

split-complementary

#CD8948 #48CDCC #484ACD

monochromatic

#794C21 #A96B2E #CD8948 #DAA878 #E7C7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CD8948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#CD8948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8948

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8948	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DF7A7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 137, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.116 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1ab7d',
    500: '#cd8948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8948;
$custom-light: #e1ab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.323,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68656,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8948

secondary

#9CB9D5

accent

#96E047

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4EE

border

#D5CEC9

text

#16100A

muted

#847F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8948

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

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