#CD8A2C#CD8A2C

#CD8A2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.132 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD8A2C
RGB	rgb(205, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 78.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 17.80, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 59.98, 72.73°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% 0.0441 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.132 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7226, 31.3411, 6.6031)
Luminance	0.3134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD8A2C #2C6FCD

analogous

#CD3A2C #CD8A2C #C0CD2C

triadic

#CD8A2C #2CCD8A #8A2CCD

tetradic

#CD8A2C #2CCD3A #2C6FCD #CD2CC0

square

#CD8A2C #2CCD3A #2C6FCD #CD2CC0

split-complementary

#CD8A2C #2CC0CD #3A2CCD

monochromatic

#684616 #9B6821 #CD8A2C #DCA65B #E7C18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#CD8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#CD8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD8A2C

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD8A2C	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)

#A18E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E07978

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.132 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e2ac6c',
    500: '#cd8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd8a2c;
$custom-light: #e2ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.031,
    "s": 64.659,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68579,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD8A2C

secondary

#84A4D1

accent

#86E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD8A2C

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

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